Loading chat...
GA SB611
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/4/2022
Primary Sponsor
Michelle Au
Click for details
AI Summary
- Requires drivers to stop and remain stopped for pedestrians in crosswalks when the pedestrian is on or within one lane of the driver's half of the roadway, and defines "half of the roadway" as all lanes carrying traffic in one direction.
- Redefines when a pedestrian creates an "immediate hazard" by entering a roadway, replacing the standard of "impractical for the driver to yield" with a reasonable-person standard based on whether a collision danger exists.
- Removes restrictions on pedestrians crossing outside marked crosswalks or crossing diagonally at intersections when no motor vehicle is traveling within 500 feet, effectively decriminalizing jaywalking in the absence of nearby traffic.
- Reduces the distance threshold for when pedestrians must use a sidewalk instead of the roadway from 1,000 feet to 500 feet, meaning pedestrians may legally use the roadway when no vehicle is within 500 feet or the sidewalk poses an imminent threat of bodily injury.
- Adds new provisions requiring pedestrians to use available shoulders or the left side of two-lane roadways only when a motor vehicle is traveling within 500 feet, removing those obligations when no vehicles are nearby.
Legislative Description
Pedestrians; the duties of pedestrians at crosswalks, when crossing a roadway, and traveling on or along a roadway; provide
Last Action
Senate Read and Referred
3/8/2022
Committee Referrals
Public Safety3/8/2022
Full Bill Text
No bill text available