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CA Veh Code § 25803 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25803.

25803.  (a) All vehicles not otherwise required to be equipped with headlamps, rear lights, or reflectors by this chapter shall, if operated on a highway during darkness, be equipped with a lamp exhibiting a red light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the rear of the vehicle. In addition, all of these vehicles operated alone or as the first vehicle in a combination of vehicles, shall be equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting a white light visible from a distance of 500 feet to the front of the vehicle.(b) A vehicle shall also be equipped with an amber reflector on the front near the left side and a red reflector on the rear near the left side. The reflectors shall be mounted on the vehicle not lower than 16 inches nor higher than 60 inches above the ground and so designed and maintained as to be visible during darkness from all distances within 500 feet from the vehicle when directly in front of a motor vehicle displaying lawful lighted headlamps undimmed.(c) In addition, if a vehicle described in subdivision (a) or the load thereon has a total outside width in excess of 100 inches there shall be displayed during darkness at the left outer extremity at least one amber light visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of 500 feet to the front, sides, and rear. At all other times there shall be displayed at the left outer extremity a solid red or fluorescent orange flag or cloth not less than 18 inches square.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 451, Sec. 52. (SB 491) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Veh Code § 25804 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25804.

25804.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, original lighting equipment installed on a vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1946, need not meet the requirements established by the department when the vehicle is used primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition.(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
CA Veh Code § 25805 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25805.

25805.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, a forklift truck which is towed upon the highway at the end of a combination of vehicles shall at all times be equipped with at least one stop lamp mounted upon the rear of the vehicle and shall be equipped with lamp-type turn signals. Such vehicle shall, during the hours of darkness, be equipped with at least one taillamp and one red reflector mounted upon the rear of the vehicle and shall be equipped with clearance lamps if the vehicle is 80 or more inches in width.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 132.)
CA Veh Code § 25806 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25806.

25806.  Sections 24003 and 27002 shall not apply to the installation of warning lamps and sirens on ambulances or firetrucks which are used solely for demonstration purposes in the sales work of a licensed dealer, distributor, or vehicle manufacturer and shall not apply to ambulances or firetrucks being operated on a highway solely for the purpose of delivery from the licensee to a purchaser. Warning lamps shall be removed or covered with opaque material and the siren controls disabled whenever the vehicle is upon a highway.(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 217, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 25950 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 15 - Light Restrictions and Mounting|Section 25950.

25950.  This section applies to the color of lamps and to any reflector exhibiting or reflecting perceptible light of 0.05 candela or more per foot-candle of incident illumination. Unless provided otherwise, the color of lamps and reflectors upon a vehicle shall be as follows:(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow, except as follows:(1) Rear side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show red to the front.(2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the color spectrum from white to yellow.(3) An illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall emit radiation predominantly in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Any incidental visible light projecting to the front of the vehicle shall be predominantly yellow to white. Any incidental visible light projecting to the rear of the vehicle shall be predominantly red. Any incidental visible light from an illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall not resemble any other required or permitted lighting device or official traffic control device.(b) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from the rear of a vehicle, shall be red except as follows:(1) Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979, may show yellow to the rear.(2) Turn signal lamps may show yellow to the rear.(3) Front side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show yellow to the rear.(4) Backup lamps shall show white to the rear.(5) The rearward facing portion of a front-mounted double-faced turn signal lamp may show amber to the rear while the headlamps or parking lamps are lighted, if the intensity of the light emitted is not greater than the parking lamps and the turn signal function is not impaired.(6) A reflector meeting the requirements of, and installed in accordance with, Section 24611 shall be red or white, or both.(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color. Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are visible to the rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1974.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 198, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Veh Code § 25951 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 15 - Light Restrictions and Mounting|Section 25951.

25951.  Any lighted lamp or device upon a motor vehicle other than headlamps, spotlamps, signal lamps, or auxiliary driving lamps, warning lamps which projects a beam of light of an intensity greater than 300 candlepower shall be so directed that no part of the beam will strike the level of the roadway at a distance of more than 75 feet from the vehicle.(Amended by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1313.)
CA Veh Code § 25952 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 15 - Light Restrictions and Mounting|Section 25952.

25952.  (a) Lamps, reflectors, and area reflectorizing material of a type required or permitted on a vehicle may be mounted on a load carried by the vehicle in lieu of, or in addition to, such equipment on the vehicle. Such equipment shall be mounted on the load in a manner that would comply with the requirements of this code and regulations adopted pursuant to this code if the load were an integral part of the vehicle.(b) Lamps on vehicles carried as a load shall not be lighted unless such lamps are mounted in accordance with subdivision (a).(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 341.)
CA Veh Code § 26100 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26100.

26100.  (a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale for use upon or as part of the equipment of a vehicle any lighting equipment, safety glazing material, or other device that does not meet the provisions of Section 26104.(b) A person shall not use upon a vehicle, and a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a highway that is equipped with, any lighting equipment, safety glazing material, or other device that is not in compliance with Section 26104.(c) This section does not apply to a taillamp or stop lamp in use on or prior to December 1, 1935.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 491, Sec. 44. (SB 1318) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Veh Code § 26101 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26101.

26101.  (a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale for use upon or as part of the equipment of a vehicle any device that is intended to modify the original design or performance of any lighting equipment, safety glazing material, or other device, unless the modifying device meets the provisions of Section 26104.(b) A person shall not use upon a vehicle, and a person shall not drive a vehicle upon a highway that has installed a device that is intended to modify the original design or performance of a lighting, safety glazing material, or other device, unless the modifying device complies with Section 26104.(c) This section does not apply to a taillamp or stop lamp in use on or prior to December 1, 1935, or to lamps installed on authorized emergency vehicles.(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 491, Sec. 45. (SB 1318) Effective January 1, 2011.)
CA Veh Code § 26102 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26102.

26102.  In the event any equipment in actual use meets the requirements of this code or a department regulation adopted pursuant to this code, a subsequent regulation shall not require the replacement of the equipment and shall be applicable only to equipment installed after the effective date of the regulation.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
CA Veh Code § 26103 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26103.

26103.  (a) The department may adopt and enforce regulations establishing standards and specifications for safety belts, safety glazing material, safety helmets, sirens, tire traction devices, bunk stakes, and synthetic binders. The standards and specifications may include installation and aiming requirements.(b) Notwithstanding rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code), the department shall adopt regulations for lighting devices permitted by this code and incorporate by reference the applicable standards published by SAE International for these devices and a corresponding publication date. Notwithstanding the specified publication date, a person may sell or use upon a vehicle a device meeting the requirements of a revised standard.(c) A federal motor vehicle safety standard adopted pursuant to Chapter 301 (commencing with Section 30101) of Part A of Subtitle VI of Title 49 of the United States Code that covers the same aspect of performance of a device shall prevail over provisions of this code or regulations adopted pursuant to this code. Lamps, devices, and equipment certified by the manufacturer to meet applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards as original equipment on new vehicles and the identical replacements for those items need not be certified to the department.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 311, Sec. 7. (SB 814) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Veh Code § 26104 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26104.

26104.  (a) Every manufacturer who sells, offers for sale, or manufactures for use upon a vehicle devices subject to requirements established by the department shall, before the device is offered for sale, have laboratory test data showing compliance with such requirements. Tests may be conducted by the manufacturer.(b) The department may at any time request from the manufacturer a copy of the test data showing proof of compliance of any device with the requirements established by the department and additional evidence that due care was exercised in maintaining compliance during production. If the manufacturer fails to provide such proof of compliance within 30 days of notice from the department, the department may prohibit the sale of the device in this state until acceptable proof of compliance is received by the department.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 399, Sec. 8. Effective July 11, 1980.)
CA Veh Code § 26105 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26105.

26105.  The department may purchase any equipment sold for use on vehicles and test or retest the same as to conformance with the requirements of this code and department regulations adopted pursuant to this code and any expense incurred in such purchase and test shall be a legal charge against the Motor Vehicle Fund.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
CA Veh Code § 26106 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 16 - Equipment Testing|Section 26106.

26106.  The department may issue a permit for the use of equipment for experimental purposes. The use of such equipment under the permit is not a violation of this code.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 723.)
CA Veh Code § 26301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26301.

26301.  Any motor vehicle first registered in this state after January 1, 1940, shall be equipped with power brakes if its gross weight exceeds 14,000 pounds, except that any such vehicle having a gross weight of less than 18,000 pounds may, in lieu of power brakes, be equipped with two-stage hydraulic actuators of a type designed to increase braking effect of its brakes.(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 789, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 26301.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26301.5.

26301.5.  Every passenger vehicle manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1973, except motorcycles, shall be equipped with an emergency brake system so constructed that rupture or leakage-type failure of any single pressure component of the service brake system, except structural failures of the brake master cylinder body or effectiveness indicator body, shall not result in complete loss of function of the vehicle’s brakes when force on the brake pedal is continued.(Added by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1110.)
CA Veh Code § 26302 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26302.

26302.  (a) Every trailer or semitrailer, manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1940, and having a gross weight of 6,000 pounds or more and which is operated at a speed of 20 miles per hour or over shall be equipped with brakes.(b) Every trailer or semitrailer manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1966, and having a gross weight of 3,000 pounds or more shall be equipped with brakes on at least two wheels.(c) Every trailer or semitrailer manufactured after January 1, 1982, and equipped with air brakes shall be equipped with brakes on all wheels.(d) Brakes required on trailers or semitrailers shall be adequate, supplemental to the brakes on the towing vehicle, to enable the combination of vehicles to comply with the stopping distance requirements of Section 26454.(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any vehicle being used to support the boom or mast attached to a mobile crane or shovel.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 774, Sec. 6.)
CA Veh Code § 26303 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26303.

26303.  Every trailer coach and every camp trailer having a gross weight of 1,500 pounds or more, but exclusive of passengers, shall be equipped with brakes on at least two wheels which are adequate, supplemental to the brakes on the towing vehicle, to enable the combination of vehicles to comply with the stopping distance requirements of Section 26454.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1536.)
CA Veh Code § 26304 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26304.

26304.  (a) Power brakes on any trailer or semitrailer manufactured after December 31, 1955, operated over public highways and required to be equipped with brakes shall be designed to be automatically applied upon breakaway from the towing vehicle and shall be capable of stopping and holding such vehicle stationary for not less than 15 minutes.(b) Every new truck or truck tractor manufactured after December 31, 1955, operated over public highways and used in towing a vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes capable of stopping the truck or truck tractor in the event of breakaway of the towed vehicle.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 733.)
CA Veh Code § 26305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26305.

26305.  Any auxiliary dolly or tow dolly may be equipped with brakes.(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 708, Sec. 9.)
CA Veh Code § 26307 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26307.

26307.  No forklift truck manufactured after January 1, 1970, shall be towed behind another vehicle unless it is equipped with brakes on the wheels of the rearmost axle when the forklift truck is in the towing position, which brakes shall be adequate, supplemental to the brakes on the towing vehicle, to enable the combination of vehicles to comply with the stopping distance requirements of Section 26454.(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 132.)
CA Veh Code § 26311 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 1 - Brake Requirements|Section 26311.

26311.  (a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels in contact with the roadway, except as follows:(1) Trucks and truck tractors manufactured before July 25, 1980, having three or more axles need not have brakes on the front wheels, except when such vehicles are equipped with at least two steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need not be equipped with brakes.(2) The final towed vehicle in a triple saddle-mount driveaway-towaway operation.(3) Any vehicle manufactured prior to 1930.(4) Any two-axle truck tractor manufactured prior to 1964.(5) Any sidecar attached to a motorcycle.(6) Any motorcycle manufactured prior to 1966. Such motorcycle shall be equipped with brakes on at least one wheel.(b) Any bus, truck, or truck tractor may be equipped with a manual or automatic means for reducing the braking effort on the front wheels. The manual means shall be used only when operating under adverse road conditions, such as wet, snowy, or icy roads.(c) Vehicles and combinations of vehicles exempted in subdivisions (a) and (b) from the requirements of brakes on all wheels shall comply with the stopping distance requirements of Section 26454.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 451, Sec. 53. (SB 491) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Veh Code § 26450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes|Section 26450.

26450.  Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a service brake system and every motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with a parking brake system. Both the service brake and parking brake shall be separately applied.If the two systems are connected in any way, they shall be so constructed that failure of any one part, except failure in the drums, brakeshoes, or other mechanical parts of the wheel brake assemblies, shall not leave the motor vehicle without operative brakes.(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 369.)
CA Veh Code § 26451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes|Section 26451.

26451.  The parking brake system of every motor vehicle shall comply with the following requirements:(a) The parking brake shall be adequate to hold the vehicle or combination of vehicles stationary on any grade on which it is operated under all conditions of loading on a surface free from snow, ice or loose material. In any event the parking brake shall be capable of locking the braked wheels to the limit of traction.(b) The parking brake shall be applied either by the driver’s muscular efforts, by spring action, or by other energy which is isolated and used exclusively for the operation of the parking brake or the combination parking brake and emergency stopping system.(c) The parking brake shall be held in the applied position solely by mechanical means.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 774, Sec. 8.)
CA Veh Code § 26452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes|Section 26452.

26452.  All motor vehicles shall be so equipped as to permit application of the brakes at least once for the purpose of bringing the vehicle to a stop within the legal stopping distance after the engine has become inoperative.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 26453 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes|Section 26453.

26453.  All brakes and component parts thereof shall be maintained in good condition and in good working order. The brakes shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2183.)
CA Veh Code § 26455 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes|Section 26455.

26455.  In respect to any motor vehicle designed, used or maintained primarily for the transportation of property which is not equipped with a plate or marker showing the manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating, for purposes of stopping distance requirements, the weight of a vehicle shall be determined as follows:(a) Any motor vehicle having less than six wheels is the equivalent of a vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,000 pounds.(b) Any motor vehicle having six wheels or more is the equivalent of a vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more. (Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 26456 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 3 - Brakes|ARTICLE 2 - Operation of Brakes|Section 26456.

26456.  Stopping distance requirement tests shall be conducted on a substantially level, dry, smooth, hard-surfaced road that is free from loose material and where the grade does not exceed plus or minus 1 percent. Stopping distance shall be measured from the instant brake controls are moved and from an initial speed of approximately 20 miles per hour. No test of brake performance shall be made upon a highway at a speed in excess of 25 miles per hour.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)