California Code
DIVISION 11 - RULES OF THE ROAD
CHAPTER 3 - Driving, Overtaking, and Passing

ARTICLE 1 - Driving on Right Side

Section 21650. - 21650. Upon all highways, a vehicle shall be driven upon...

Section 21650.1. - 21650.1. A bicycle operated on a roadway, or the shoulder...

Section 21651. - 21651. (a) Whenever a highway has been divided into two...

Section 21652. - 21652. When any service road has been constructed on or...

Section 21654. - 21654. (a) Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits, any vehicle...

Section 21655. - 21655. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation or local authorities...

Section 21655.1. - 21655.1. (a) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle...

Section 21655.5. - 21655.5. (a) The Department of Transportation and local authorities, with...

Section 21655.6. - 21655.6. (a) Whenever the Department of Transportation authorizes or permits...

Section 21655.7. - 21655.7. A local authority, with respect to any highway under...

Section 21655.8. - 21655.8. (a) Except as required under subdivision (b), when exclusive...

Section 21655.9. - 21655.9. (a) (1) Whenever the Department of Transportation or a...

Section 21656. - 21656. On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because...

Section 21657. - 21657. The authorities in charge of any highway may designate...

Section 21658. - 21658. Whenever any roadway has been divided into two or...

Section 21658.1. - 21658.1. (a) For the purposes of this section, “lane splitting”...

Section 21659. - 21659. Upon a roadway which is divided into three lanes...

Section 21660. - 21660. Drivers of vehicles proceeding in opposite directions shall pass...

Section 21661. - 21661. Whenever upon any grade the width of the roadway...

Section 21662. - 21662. The driver of a motor vehicle traveling through defiles...

Section 21663. - 21663. Except as expressly permitted pursuant to this code, including...

Section 21664. - 21664. It is unlawful for the driver of any vehicle...

ARTICLE 2 - Additional Driving Rules

Section 21700. - 21700. No person shall drive a vehicle when it is...

Section 21700.5. - 21700.5. No person shall knowingly drive a bus within the...

Section 21701. - 21701. No person shall wilfully interfere with the driver of...

Section 21702. - 21702. (a) No person shall drive upon any highway any...

Section 21703. - 21703. The driver of a motor vehicle shall not follow...

Section 21704. - 21704. (a) The driver of any motor vehicle subject to...

Section 21705. - 21705. Motor vehicles being driven outside of a business or...

Section 21706. - 21706. No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle, shall...

Section 21706.5. - 21706.5. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 21707. - 21707. No motor vehicle, except an authorized emergency vehicle or...

Section 21708. - 21708. No person shall drive or propel any vehicle or...

Section 21709. - 21709. No vehicle shall at any time be driven through...

Section 21710. - 21710. The driver of a motor vehicle when traveling on...

Section 21711. - 21711. No person shall operate a train of vehicles when...

Section 21712. - 21712. (a) A person driving a motor vehicle shall not...

Section 21713. - 21713. No person shall operate on any highway any privately...

Section 21714. - 21714. The driver of a vehicle described in subdivision (f)...

Section 21715. - 21715. (a) No passenger vehicle regardless of weight, or any...

Section 21716. - 21716. Except as provided in Section 21115.1 and Chapter 6...

Section 21717. - 21717. Whenever it is necessary for the driver of a...

Section 21718. - 21718. (a) No person shall stop, park, or leave standing...

Section 21719. - 21719. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in the event of...

Section 21720. - 21720. A pocket bike shall not be operated on a...

Section 21721. - 21721. (a) A peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5...

ARTICLE 3 - Overtaking and Passing

Section 21750. - 21750. (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking another vehicle...

Section 21751. - 21751. On a two-lane highway, no vehicle shall be driven...

Section 21752. - 21752. No vehicle shall be driven to the left side...

Section 21753. - 21753. Except when passing on the right is permitted, the...

Section 21754. - 21754. The driver of a vehicle may overtake and pass...

Section 21755. - 21755. (a) The driver of a vehicle may overtake and...

Section 21756. - 21756. (a) The driver of a vehicle overtaking any interurban...

Section 21757. - 21757. The driver of a vehicle shall not overtake and...

Section 21758. - 21758. In the event any vehicle is being operated on...

Section 21759. - 21759. The driver of any vehicle approaching any horse drawn...

Section 21760. - 21760. (a) This section shall be known and may be...

Section 21761. - 21761. (a) The driver of a vehicle on a public...