California Vehicle Code ARTICLE 2 - Additional Driving Rules

  • Section 21700.
    No person shall drive a vehicle when it is so loaded, or when there are in the front seat such number of persons as to...
  • Section 21700.5.
    No person shall knowingly drive a bus within the City of San Diego which is transporting any public or private school pupil who is enrolled...
  • Section 21701.
    No person shall wilfully interfere with the driver of a vehicle or with the mechanism thereof in such manner as to affect the driver’s control...
  • Section 21702.
    (a) No person shall drive upon any highway any vehicle designed or used for transporting persons for compensation for more than 10 consecutive hours nor for...
  • Section 21703.
    The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow another vehicle more closely than is reasonable and prudent, having due regard for the speed of...
  • Section 21704.
    (a) The driver of any motor vehicle subject to the speed restriction of Section 22406 that is operated outside of a business or residence district, shall...
  • Section 21705.
    Motor vehicles being driven outside of a business or residence district in a caravan or motorcade, whether or not towing other vehicles, shall be so...
  • Section 21706.
    No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall follow within 300 feet of any authorized emergency vehicle being operated under the provisions of Section...
  • Section 21706.5.
    (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Emergency incident zone” means an area on a freeway that is within 500 feet...
  • Section 21707.
    No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle of a duly authorized member of a fire or police department, shall be operated...
  • Section 21708.
    No person shall drive or propel any vehicle or conveyance upon, over, or across, or in any manner damage any fire hose or chemical hose...
  • Section 21709.
    No vehicle shall at any time be driven through or within a safety zone.(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)
  • Section 21710.
    The driver of a motor vehicle when traveling on down grade upon any highway shall not coast with the gears of such vehicle in neutral.(Enacted...
  • Section 21711.
    No person shall operate a train of vehicles when any vehicle being towed whips or swerves from side to side or fails to follow substantially...
  • Section 21712.
    (a) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not knowingly permit a person to ride on a vehicle or upon a portion of a vehicle that...
  • Section 21713.
    No person shall operate on any highway any privately owned armored car unless a license to operate such car has first been obtained from the...
  • Section 21714.
    The driver of a vehicle described in subdivision (f) of Section 27803 shall not operate the vehicle in either of the following areas:(a) On, or immediately...
  • Section 21715.
    (a) No passenger vehicle regardless of weight, or any other motor vehicle under 4,000 pounds unladen, shall draw or tow more than one vehicle in combination,...
  • Section 21716.
    Except as provided in Section 21115.1 and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1950) of Division 2.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, no person shall...
  • Section 21717.
    Whenever it is necessary for the driver of a motor vehicle to cross a bicycle lane that is adjacent to his lane of travel to...
  • Section 21718.
    (a) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing any vehicle upon a freeway which has full control of access and no crossings at grade except:(1) When...
  • Section 21719.
    (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in the event of an emergency occurring on a roadway that requires the rapid removal of impediments to traffic or the...
  • Section 21720.
    A pocket bike shall not be operated on a sidewalk, roadway, or any other part of a highway, or on a bikeway, bicycle path or...
  • Section 21721.
    (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, may cause the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018