California Code
DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 1 - Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws

ARTICLE 1 - Definitions

Section 21000. - 21000. Wherever in this division “department” occurs, it means the...

Section 21001. - 21001. The provisions of this division refer exclusively to the...

ARTICLE 2 - Effect of Traffic Laws

Section 21050. - 21050. Every person riding or driving an animal upon a...

Section 21051. - 21051. The following sections apply to trolley coaches: (a) Sections...

Section 21052. - 21052. The provisions of this code applicable to the drivers...

Section 21053. - 21053. This code, except Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20000)...

Section 21054. - 21054. The provisions of this division do not apply to...

Section 21055. - 21055. The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle is exempt...

Section 21056. - 21056. Section 21055 does not relieve the driver of a...

Section 21057. - 21057. Every police and traffic officer is hereby expressly prohibited...

Section 21058. - 21058. A physician traveling in response to an emergency call...

Section 21059. - 21059. Sections 21211, 21650, 21660, 22502, 22504, and subdivision (h)...

Section 21060. - 21060. Between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m.,...

Section 21061. - 21061. (a) In addition to any action prescribed in Division...

Section 21062. - 21062. The arresting officer shall, before the end of the...

Section 21070. - 21070. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a driver who...

ARTICLE 3 - Local Regulation

Section 21100. - 21100. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21100.1. - 21100.1. Whenever any city or county, by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 21100.3. - 21100.3. It is unlawful for any person to disobey the...

Section 21100.4. - 21100.4. (a) (1) A magistrate presented with the affidavit of...

Section 21100.5. - 21100.5. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, local authorities of...

Section 21101. - 21101. Local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, may...

Section 21101.2. - 21101.2. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21101.4. - 21101.4. (a) A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution,...

Section 21101.6. - 21101.6. Notwithstanding Section 21101, local authorities may not place gates...

Section 21102. - 21102. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21102.1. - 21102.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local authorities may,...

Section 21103. - 21103. No ordinance or resolution enacted under Section 21101 shall...

Section 21104. - 21104. No ordinance or resolution proposed to be enacted under...

Section 21105. - 21105. No rule or regulation adopted under Sections 21100 or...

Section 21106. - 21106. (a) Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may establish...

Section 21107. - 21107. The provisions of this code shall not prevent any...

Section 21107.5. - 21107.5. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or...

Section 21107.6. - 21107.6. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance, find...

Section 21107.7. - 21107.7. (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or...

Section 21107.8. - 21107.8. (a) (1) A city, county, or city and county...

Section 21107.9. - 21107.9. (a) Any city or county, or city and county,...

Section 21108. - 21108. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21109. - 21109. (a) Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by...

Section 21109.5. - 21109.5. (a) No restriction or prohibition shall be effective pursuant...

Section 21110. - 21110. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21111. - 21111. Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance...

Section 21112. - 21112. Local authorities may by ordinance license and regulate the...

Section 21113. - 21113. (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a...

Section 21114. - 21114. If a local authority finds that a city street...

Section 21114.5. - 21114.5. Notwithstanding Section 21663 or any other provision of this...

Section 21115. - 21115. (a) If a local authority finds that a highway...

Section 21115.1. - 21115.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21115, a local authority may, by...

Section 21116. - 21116. (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon...

Section 21117. - 21117. (a) Local authorities may, notwithstanding Section 21101 or 21101.6,...

Section 21118. - 21118. (a) A local authority may adopt rules and regulations...

ARTICLE 4 - Operation of Bicycles

Section 21200. - 21200. (a) (1) A person riding a bicycle or operating...

Section 21200.5. - 21200.5. Notwithstanding Section 21200, it is unlawful for any person...

Section 21201. - 21201. (a) No person shall operate a bicycle on a...

Section 21201.3. - 21201.3. (a) A bicycle or motorized bicycle used by a...

Section 21201.5. - 21201.5. (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale,...

Section 21202. - 21202. (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway...

Section 21203. - 21203. No person riding upon any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle,...

Section 21204. - 21204. (a) A person operating a bicycle upon a highway...

Section 21205. - 21205. No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package,...

Section 21206. - 21206. This chapter does not prevent local authorities, by ordinance,...

Section 21207. - 21207. (a) This chapter does not prohibit local authorities from...

Section 21207.5. - 21207.5. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 21207 and 23127 of this code,...

Section 21208. - 21208. (a) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on...

Section 21209. - 21209. (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in...

Section 21210. - 21210. No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its...

Section 21211. - 21211. (a) No person may stop, stand, sit, or loiter...

Section 21212. - 21212. (a) A person under 18 years of age shall...

Section 21213. - 21213. (a) A person under 16 years of age shall...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Operation of Pedicabs

Section 21215. - 21215. (a) A pedicab defined in subdivision (c) of Section...

Section 21215.2. - 21215.2. (a) If alcoholic beverages are consumed on board the...

Section 21215.5. - 21215.5. This article does not preclude a local authority from...

ARTICLE 5 - Operation of Motorized Scooters

Section 21220. - 21220. (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the...

Section 21220.5. - 21220.5. For the purposes of this article, a motorized scooter...

Section 21221. - 21221. Every person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway...

Section 21221.5. - 21221.5. Notwithstanding Section 21221, it is unlawful for any person...

Section 21223. - 21223. (a) Every motorized scooter operated upon any highway during...

Section 21224. - 21224. (a) A person operating a motorized scooter is not...

Section 21225. - 21225. This article does not prevent a local authority, by...

Section 21226. - 21226. (a) A person shall not sell or offer for...

Section 21227. - 21227. (a) A motorized scooter shall comply with one of...

Section 21228. - 21228. Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway...

Section 21229. - 21229. (a) Whenever a class II bicycle lane has been...

Section 21230. - 21230. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a motorized scooter...

Section 21235. - 21235. The operator of a motorized scooter shall not do...

ARTICLE 5.5 - Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles

Section 21250. - 21250. For the purposes of this article, a low-speed vehicle...

Section 21251. - 21251. Except as provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section...

Section 21252. - 21252. A vehicle dealer, selling a low-speed vehicle, shall provide...

Section 21253. - 21253. A low-speed vehicle operated or parked on the roadway...

Section 21254. - 21254. A motor vehicle that was originally designated as a...

Section 21260. - 21260. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision...

Section 21266. - 21266. (a) Notwithstanding Section 21260, local authorities, by ordinance or...

ARTICLE 6 - Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices

Section 21280. - 21280. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 21280.5. - 21280.5. For purposes of this article, an electric personal assistive...

Section 21281. - 21281. Every electric personal assistive mobility device, or EPAMD, shall...

Section 21281.5. - 21281.5. (a) A person shall not operate an EPAMD on...

Section 21282. - 21282. Notwithstanding Section 21966, for the purpose of assuring the...

ARTICLE 7 - Operation of Electrically Motorized Boards

Section 21290. - 21290. (a) For purposes of this article, “bikeway” is defined...

Section 21291. - 21291. An electrically motorized board shall be operated only by...

Section 21292. - 21292. A person shall not operate an electrically motorized board...

Section 21293. - 21293. (a) Every electrically motorized board operated upon a highway...

Section 21294. - 21294. (a) An electrically motorized board shall only operate upon...

Section 21295. - 21295. The Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol shall submit...

Section 21296. - 21296. (a) It is unlawful for a person to operate...

ARTICLE 8 - Horseback Riding

Section 21300. - 21300. (a) A person under 18 years of age shall...