Vehicle Code § 21970

CHAPTER 5. Pedestrians’ Rights and Duties

Current as of September 28, 2026Veh. Code, § 21970Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 833, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.

(a) No person may stop a vehicle unnecessarily in a manner that causes the vehicle to block a marked or unmarked crosswalk or sidewalk.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not preclude the driver of a vehicle facing a steady circular red light from turning right or turning left from a one-way street onto a one-way street pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 21453.