A “safety zone” is the area or space lawfully set apart within a roadway for the exclusive use of pedestrians and which is protected, or which is marked or indicated by vertical signs, raised markers or raised buttons, in order to make such area or space plainly visible at all times while the same is set apart as a safety zone.
Cal. Veh. Code § 540
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Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Getas v. Hook (1965)
Most recently applied in Getas v. Hook (August 1965)
Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
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