California Vehicle Code 21951 – Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any …
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Whenever any vehicle has stopped at a marked crosswalk or at any unmarked crosswalk at an intersection to permit a pedestrian to cross the roadway the driver of any other vehicle approaching from the rear shall not overtake and pass the stopped vehicle.
(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 21951
- driver: is a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 305
- Pedestrian: includes a person who is operating a self-propelled wheelchair, motorized tricycle, or motorized quadricycle and, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move about as a pedestrian, as specified in subdivision (a). See California Vehicle Code 467
- vehicle: is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Vehicle Code 670