Starting Monday, the SFMTA will begin issuing warnings for vehicles that are parked within 20 feet of a crosswalk in the direction of approaching traffic.
This marks the beginning of the end of a grace period in place throughout the year for drivers to get up to speed with California’s new “Daylighting Law,” which went into effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
The law is similar to laws on the books in more than 40 other states. The purpose is to make it safer for pedestrians by increasing the visual field for both pedestrians crossing the street and for drivers pulling up to an intersection.
Starting Jan. 1, 2025, the SFMTA will begin issuing citations for people who do not follow the law. The citations will begin at $40, per the SFMTA.
Jodie Medeiros, the executive director of Walk SF, provided CBS News Bay Area with the following statement:
Given how many people are being hurt and killed on our streets in traffic crashes, every possible solution to protect people is needed – and daylighting is a powerful one.