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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7203
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 4603
Referred to Committee on TRANSPORTATION
Introduced by:
(TRA)
AN ACT CONCERNING PE DESTRIAN SAFETY AT CROSSWALKS .
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 14-300 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective 2
October 1, 2019): 3
(c) Except as provided in subsection (c) of section 14-300c, at any 4
crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of this section or any 5
unmarked crosswalk, provided such crosswalks are not controlled by 6
police officers or traffic control signals, each operator of a vehicle shall 7
grant the right-of-way, and slow or stop such vehicle if necessary to so 8
grant the right-of-way, to any pedestrian crossing the roadway within 9
such crosswalk. [, provided such pedestrian steps off the curb or into 10
the crosswalk at the entrance to a crosswalk or is within that half of the 11
roadway upon which such operator of a vehicle is traveling, or such 12
pedestrian steps off the curb or into the crosswalk at the entrance to a 13
crosswalk or is crossing the roadway within such crosswalk from that 14
half of the roadway upon which such operator is not traveling.] For the 15
purposes of this subsection, a pedestrian is "crossing the roadway 16 Raised Bill No. 7203
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within such crosswalk" when the pedestrian (1) is within any portion 17
of the crosswalk, (2) steps to the curb at the entrance to the crosswalk 18
and indicates his or her intent to cross the roadway by raising his or 19
her hand and arm toward oncoming traffic, or (3) indicates his or her 20
intent to cross the roadway by moving any part of his or her body or 21
an extension thereof including, but not limited to, a wheelchair, cane, 22
walking stick, crutch, bicycle, electric bicycle, stroller, carriage, cart or 23
leashed or harnessed dog, into the crosswalk at the entrance to the 24
crosswalk. No operator of a vehicle approaching from the rear shall 25
overtake and pass any vehicle, the operator of which has stopped at 26
any crosswalk marked as provided in subsection (a) of this section or 27
any unmarked crosswalk to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway. 28
The operator of any vehicle crossing a sidewalk shall yield the right-of-29
way to each pedestrian and all other traffic upon such sidewalk. 30
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 October 1, 2019 14-300(c)
Statement of Purpose:
To promote the safety of pedestrians by requiring motorists to grant
the right-of-way to pedestrians who affirmatively indicate their
intention to cross the road in a crosswalk.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]