Vehicle Code section 21450

Whenever traffic is controlled by official traffic control signals showing different colored lights, color-lighted arrows, or color-lighted bicycle symbols, successively, one at a time, or in combination, only the colors green, yellow, and red shall be used, except for pedestrian control signals, and those lights shall indicate and apply to drivers of vehicles, operators of bicycles, and pedestrians as provided in this chapter.

Source: Section 21450, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21450. (updated Jul. 25, 2005; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/vehicle_code_section_21450

Original Source: Section 21450, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=21450. (last accessed May 12, 2025).