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CA Veh Code § 25279 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 7 - Flashing and Colored Lights|Section 25279.

25279.  (a) Vehicles owned and operated by private security agencies and utilized exclusively on privately owned and maintained roads to which this code is made applicable by local ordinance or resolution, may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides, or rear, while being operated in response to emergency calls for the immediate preservation of life or property.(b) (1) Vehicles owned by a private security agency and operated by personnel who are registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs under Article 3 (commencing with Section 7582) of Chapter 11.5 of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code may be equipped with a flashing amber warning light system while the vehicle is operated on a highway, if the vehicle is in compliance with Section 27605 and is distinctively marked with the words “PRIVATE SECURITY” or “SECURITY PATROL” on the rear and both sides of the vehicle in a size that is legible from a distance of not less than 50 feet.(2) The flashing amber warning light system authorized under paragraph (1) shall not be activated while the vehicle is on the highway, unless otherwise directed by a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code.(c) A peace officer may order that the flashing amber warning light system of a vehicle that is found to be in violation of this section be immediately removed at the place of business of the vehicle’s owner or a garage.(d) A flashing amber warning light system shall not be installed on a vehicle that has been found to be in violation of this section, unless written authorization is obtained from the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol.(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1154, Sec. 76. Effective September 30, 1996.)
CA Veh Code § 25280 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 7 - Flashing and Colored Lights|Section 25280.

25280.  Vehicles operated by a local public entity, or pursuant to a permit, license, contract, or franchise with a local public entity, and used to collect and transport garbage, rubbish, or refuse may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides, or rear while stopped upon a street and actually engaged in the collection of garbage, rubbish, or refuse, or while moving between stops at a speed not greater than 10 miles per hour.(Added by Stats. 1981, Ch. 280, Sec. 1.)
CA Veh Code § 25281 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 7 - Flashing and Colored Lights|Section 25281.

25281.  A privately owned or operated water tender vehicle, when used exclusively for contract emergency services provided to any public agency, may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides, or rear of the vehicle when necessarily parked on a highway or other public road, blocking or partially blocking a highway or other public road, traveling at a speed slower than the normal flow of traffic, or crossing or entering a highway or other public road. The flashing amber lights shall not be displayed when the water tender vehicle is traveling to or from an emergency at the normal speed and flow of traffic, except when the vehicle is traveling in escort with a fire engine or other authorized emergency vehicle. The lights shall be covered with an opaque material when not being displayed.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 207, Sec. 4. Effective July 18, 1994.)
CA Veh Code § 25282 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 7 - Flashing and Colored Lights|Section 25282.

25282.  Any vehicle owned or operated by a contractor or a construction company licensed to operate in this state pursuant to the Business and Professions Code may display flashing amber warning lights to the front, sides, or rear, if the vehicle is engaged in any phase of a construction project performed on a highway, or in the vicinity of a highway, and the vehicle is parked on the highway or moving at a speed lower than the normal flow of traffic. The use of, or absence of, amber warning lights as authorized in this section shall not serve as the basis for any civil action, a defense to civil action, or establish negligence as a matter of law or negligence per se for comparative fault purposes.(Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 10, Sec. 21. Effective February 9, 1996.)
CA Veh Code § 25301 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 8 - Warning Lights and Devices|Section 25301.

25301.  When utility or public utility vehicles are parked, stopped or standing at the site of work as described in Section 22512, warning devices shall be displayed as follows:(a) During daylight warning devices shall consist of either:A warning flag or barricade striping on the front and rear of the vehicle.A warning flag, sign, or barrier on the highway not more than 50 feet in advance of the vehicle and not more than 50 feet to the rear thereof, except that in zones where the speed limit is in excess of 25 miles per hour the 50-foot distance may be increased up to 500 feet from the vehicle as circumstances may warrant.(b) During darkness the warning devices shall consist of either:One or more flashing amber warning lights on the vehicle giving warning to approaching traffic from each direction.A warning light, flare, fusee, or reflector on the highway not more than 50 feet in advance of the vehicle and not more than 50 feet to the rear thereof, except that in zones where the speed limit is in excess of 25 miles per hour the 50-foot distance may be increased up to 500 feet from the vehicle where circumstances may warrant.(c) The provisions of subdivision (a) or (b) do not prevent the display of both types of the warning devices during daylight or darkness.(d) During either daylight or darkness, no warning device is necessary if the vehicle is equipped with the flashing warning lights visible to approaching traffic from each direction as provided in subdivision (b).(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 653.)
CA Veh Code § 25305 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 8 - Warning Lights and Devices|Section 25305.

25305.  (a) No person shall place, deposit, or display upon or adjacent to any highway any lighted fusee, except as a warning to approaching vehicular traffic or railroad trains, or both, of an existing hazard upon or adjacent to the highway or highway-railroad crossing.(b) It is unlawful to use any fusee which produces other than a red light. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to any railroad, as defined in Section 229 of the Public Utilities Code.(c) No person shall attach or permit any person to attach a lighted fusee to any part of a vehicle.(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 451, Sec. 51. (SB 491) Effective January 1, 2016.)
CA Veh Code § 25350 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 9 - Commercial and Common Carrier Vehicles|Section 25350.

25350.  Any passenger common carrier motor vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1968, may be equipped with green identification lamps. Any bus may be equipped with an illuminated termini sign, an illuminated identification sign, or any combination thereof, which shall not project any glaring light. Internally illuminated termini signs, identification signs, or any combination thereof, meeting the requirements of Section 25400 may be mounted inside a bus. Any commercial vehicle, other than a passenger common carrier motor vehicle, may be equipped with an illuminated identification sign upon the front thereof which shall not exceed 24 inches in length or 8 inches in width and which emits diffused white light without glare.(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 813, Sec. 18.)
CA Veh Code § 25351 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 9 - Commercial and Common Carrier Vehicles|Section 25351.

25351.  (a) A commercial vehicle and any other vehicle 80 or more inches in width may be equipped with identification lamps mounted on the front or rear.(b) Identification lamps on vehicles described in subdivision (a) manufactured prior to January 1, 1968, may exhibit either amber, green, or white light to the front and red light to the rear.(c) Identification lamps on vehicles described in subdivision (a) manufactured on or after January 1, 1968, may exhibit only amber light to the front and red light to the rear.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 311, Sec. 6. (SB 814) Effective January 1, 2022.)
CA Veh Code § 25352 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 9 - Commercial and Common Carrier Vehicles|Section 25352.

25352.  Any bus operated by a publicly owned transit system on regularly scheduled service may be equipped with a device capable of sending a signal that interrupts or changes the sequence patterns of an official traffic control signal, under the following conditions:(a) If such a device is a flashing gaseous discharge lamp, such lamp shall not emit a visible light exceeding an average of 0.0003 candela per flash of any color measured at a distance of 10 feet.(b) Such device shall not be installed or used unless and until authorized on specific routes by either the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 21350 or local authorities pursuant to Section 21351.(c) Any bus or system operating under the conditions specified herein shall allow emergency vehicles operating pursuant to Section 25258 or 21055 to have priority in changing the sequence patterns of an official traffic control signal.(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 399, Sec. 6. Effective July 11, 1980.)
CA Veh Code § 25353 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 9 - Commercial and Common Carrier Vehicles|Section 25353.

25353.  (a) Notwithstanding Sections 25400 and 25950, a bus operated by a publicly owned transit system on regularly scheduled service may be equipped with illuminated signs that include destination signs, route-number signs, run-number signs, public service announcement signs, or a combination thereof, visible from any direction of the vehicle, that emit any light color, other than the color red emitted from forward-facing signs, pursuant to the following conditions:(1) Each illuminated sign shall emit diffused nonglaring light.(2) Each illuminated sign shall be limited in size to a display area of not greater than 720 square inches.(3) Each illuminated sign shall not resemble nor be installed in a position that interferes with the visibility or effectiveness of a required lamp, reflector, or other device upon the vehicle.(4) Each illuminated sign shall display information directly related to public transit service, including, but not limited to, route number, destination description, run number, and public service announcements.(5) The mixing of individually colored light emitting diode elements, including red, is allowed as long as the emitted color formed by the combination of light emitting diode elements is not red.(b) (1) An illuminated sign may be operated as a dynamic message sign in a paging or streaming mode.(2) The following definitions shall govern the construction of paragraph (1):(A) “Paging,” meaning character elements or other information presented for a period of time and then disappearing all at once before the same or new elements are presented, is permitted if the display time of each message is between 2.7 and 10 seconds. Blanking times between each message shall be between 0.5 and 25 seconds.(B) “Streaming,” meaning character elements or other information moving smoothly and continuously across the display, is permitted if the character movement time, from one end of the display to the other, is at least 2.7 seconds, and the movement time of the entire message does not exceed 10 seconds.(c) A regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall comply with applicable federal law, including, but not limited to, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.).(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 881, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
CA Veh Code § 25400 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 10 - Diffused Lights|Section 25400.

25400.  (a) Any vehicle may be equipped with a lamp or device on the exterior of the vehicle that emits a diffused nonglaring light of not more than 0.05 candela per square inch of area.(b) Any diffused nonglaring light shall not display red to the front, but may display other colors. A diffused nonglaring light shall not resemble nor be installed within 12 inches or in such position as to interfere with the visibility or effectiveness of any required lamp, reflector, or other device upon the vehicle.(c) A diffused nonglaring lamp or device, other than a display sign authorized by subdivision (d), shall be limited in size to an area of 720 square inches and where any lease, rental, or donation is involved the installation of the lamp or device shall be limited to those vehicles operated either primarily within business or residential districts or municipalities, or between business districts, residential districts, and municipalities in close proximity.(d) An internally illuminated sign emitting not more than 0.25 candela per square inch and possessing copy which does not contain a white background may be displayed on each side, but not on the front or rear, of a trolley coach or of a bus being operated in urban or suburban service as described in Section 35107 of this code.(Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 582.)
CA Veh Code § 25401 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 10 - Diffused Lights|Section 25401.

25401.  No diffused nonglaring light on a vehicle shall resemble any official traffic control device.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 25450 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 11 - Acetylene Lamps|Section 25450.

25450.  Any motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, equipped with lighted acetylene headlamps complies with the provisions of this code concerning lighted headlamps when it has two lighted acetylene headlamps of approximately equal candlepower mounted upon the front of the motor vehicle and fitted with clear plane glass fronts and bright six-inch spherical mirrors and standard acetylene five-eighths or three-quarters foot burners, not more and not less, projecting sufficient light ahead to reveal any vehicle, person or substantial object upon the roadway within 200 feet.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 25451 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 11 - Acetylene Lamps|Section 25451.

25451.  Any motorcycle equipped with one lighted acetylene headlamp complies with the provisions of this code concerning lighted headlamps on motorcycles when the acetylene headlamp is fitted with a clear plane glass front and a bright six-inch spherical mirror and a standard acetylene one-half or five-eighths foot burner, projecting sufficient light ahead to reveal any vehicle, person, or substantial object upon the roadway within a distance of 115 feet.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 25452 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 11 - Acetylene Lamps|Section 25452.

25452.  No acetylene lamp shall emit any glaring light.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 25500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 12 - Reflectorizing Material|Section 25500.

25500.  (a) Area reflectorizing material may be displayed on any vehicle, provided: the color red is not displayed on the front; designs do not tend to distort the length or width of the vehicle; and designs do not resemble official traffic control devices, except that alternate striping resembling a barricade pattern may be used.No vehicle shall be equipped with area reflectorizing material contrary to these provisions.(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to license plate stickers or tabs affixed to license plates as authorized by the Department of Motor Vehicles.(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1536.)
CA Veh Code § 25650 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 13 - Headlamps on Motorcycles and Motor-Driven Cycles|Section 25650.

25650.  Every motorcycle during darkness shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two lighted headlamps which shall conform to the requirements and limitations of this division.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 25650.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 13 - Headlamps on Motorcycles and Motor-Driven Cycles|Section 25650.5.

25650.5.  Every motorcycle manufactured and first registered on and after January 1, 1978, shall be equipped with at least one and not more than two headlamps which automatically turn on when the engine of the motorcycle is started and which remain lighted as long as the engine is running. This section does not preclude equipping motorcycles used as authorized emergency vehicles with a switch to be used to turn off the headlamp during emergency situations or when the light would interfere with law enforcement, if the switch is removed prior to resale of the motorcycle.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 247, Sec. 3.)
CA Veh Code § 25651 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 13 - Headlamps on Motorcycles and Motor-Driven Cycles|Section 25651.

25651.  The headlamp upon a motor-driven cycle may be of the single-beam or multiple-beam type, but in either event, when the vehicle is operated during darkness, the headlamp shall comply with the requirements and limitations as follows:(a) The headlamp shall be of sufficient intensity to reveal a person or a vehicle at a distance of not less than 100 feet when the motor-driven cycle is operated at any speed less than 25 miles per hour and at a distance of not less than 200 feet when operated at a speed of 25 to not exceeding 35 miles per hour, and at a distance of 300 feet when operated at a speed greater than 35 miles per hour.(b) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a multiple-beam headlamp, the upper beam shall meet the minimum requirements set forth above and the lowermost beam shall meet the requirements applicable to a lowermost distribution of light as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 24407.(c) In the event the motor-driven cycle is equipped with a single-beam lamp, it shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is loaded none of the high intensity portion of light, at a distance of 25 feet ahead, shall project higher than the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes.(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1996.)
CA Veh Code § 25800 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25800.

25800.  The provisions of Sections 24012, 24250, 24251, 24400 to 24404, inclusive, and Articles 3 (commencing with Section 24600), 4 (commencing with Section 24800), 5 (commencing with Section 24950), 6 (commencing with Section 25100), 9 (commencing with Section 25350), 11 (commencing with Section 25450), and 13 (commencing with Section 25650), shall not apply to special mobile equipment. Such equipment shall be subject to the provisions of Sections 24254, 25803, and 25950, and Article 12 (commencing with Section 25500) .(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
CA Veh Code § 25801 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25801.

25801.  The provisions of Sections 24012, 24250, 24251, 24254, 24400 to 24404, inclusive, 24600 to 24604, inclusive, 24606 to 24610, inclusive, Section 25950, and Articles 4 (commencing with Section 24800), 5 (commencing with Section 24950), 6 (commencing with Section 25100), 9 (commencing with Section 25350), 11 (commencing with Section 25450), 12 (commencing with Section 25500), and 13 (commencing with Section 25650) and shall not apply to special construction or maintenance equipment, nor to motortrucks equipped with snow removal or sanding devices, but shall apply to motortrucks and automobiles used independently of such equipment.The provisions of Section 25803 shall be applicable to such equipment.(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
CA Veh Code § 25802 (2021)
2021 California Code|Vehicle Code - VEH|DIVISION 12 - EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES|CHAPTER 2 - Lighting Equipment|ARTICLE 14 - Vehicles Exempted|Section 25802.

25802.  Sections 24002, 24005, 24012, 24250, 24251, 24400 to 24404, inclusive, 24600 to 24604, inclusive, 24606 to 24610, inclusive, Article 4 (commencing with Section 24800), Article 5 (commencing with Section 24950), Article 6 (commencing with Section 25100), Article 9 (commencing with Section 25350), Article 11 (commencing with Section 25450), and Article 13 (commencing with Section 25650) of Chapter 2 of this division, Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 26301), Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 26700), and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 27000) of this division, and Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 31301) of Division 13 do not apply to logging vehicles or any vehicle of a type subject to registration under this code that is not designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of persons or property and that is operated or moved over a highway only incidentally; but any such vehicle shall be subject to Sections 2800, 2806, 24004, 25260, 25803, 25950, 25952, 26457, 27454, 27602, 31500, and 40150, and to Article 12 (commencing with Section 25500) of Chapter 2 of this division.(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 208, Sec. 20. (AB 2906) Effective January 1, 2017.)