CHAPTER 1. Obedience to and Effect of Traffic Laws [21000. - 21300.]
Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.
§§ 21000–21300 · 109 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions §§ 21000–21001 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Effect of Traffic Laws §§ 21050–21070 · 14 sections
- § 21050 Every person riding or driving an animal upon a highway has all of the rights and is subject to all of the duties applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this…
- § 21051 The following sections apply to trolley coaches: (a) Sections 1800, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4006, 4009, 4150, 4151, 4152, 4153,
- § 21052 The provisions of this code applicable to the drivers of vehicles upon the highways apply to the drivers of all vehicles while engaged in the course of…
- § 21053 This code, except Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 20000) of Division 10, Article 2 (commencing with Section 23152) of Chapter 12 of Division 11, and…
- § 21054 The provisions of this division do not apply to the duly authorized representatives of any public agency while actually engaged in performing any of the work…
- § 21055 The driver of an authorized emergency vehicle is exempt from Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 21350), Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21650), Chapter 4…
- § 21056 Section 21055 does not relieve the driver of a vehicle from the duty to drive with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway, nor protect him…
- § 21057 Every police and traffic officer is hereby expressly prohibited from using a siren or driving at an illegal speed when serving as an escort of any vehicle,…
- § 21058 A physician traveling in response to an emergency call shall be exempt from the provisions of Sections 22351 and 22352 if the vehicle so used by him displays…
- § 21059 Sections 21211, 21650, 21660, 22502, 22504, and subdivision (h) of Section 22500 do not apply to the operation of a rubbish or garbage truck while actually…
- § 21060 Between the hours of 1 a.m. and 5 a.m., Sections 21650, 21660, 22502, 22504, and subdivision (h) of Section 22500 do not apply to the operation of a…
- § 21061 (a) In addition to any action prescribed in Division 17 (commencing with Section 40000.1), a traffic officer may issue a notice of reexamination to any person…
- § 21062 The arresting officer shall, before the end of the next working day, transmit, or cause to be transmitted, a legible copy of the notice of reexamination to the…
- § 21070 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a driver who violates any provision of this division, that is punishable as an infraction, and as a result of that…
ARTICLE 3. Local Regulation §§ 21100–21118 · 36 sections
- § 21100 Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regarding all of the following matters: (a) Regulating or prohibiting a procession…
- § 21100.1 Whenever any city or county, by ordinance or resolution, permits, restricts, or prohibits the use of public or private highways pursuant to this article, any…
- § 21100.3 It is unlawful for any person to disobey the traffic directions of a person appointed or authorized by a local authority to regulate traffic pursuant to…
- § 21100.4 (a) (1) A magistrate presented with the affidavit of a peace officer or a designated local transportation officer establishing reasonable cause to believe that…
- § 21100.5 Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, local authorities of any city which is on a natural island with an area in excess of 20,000 acres and which is…
- § 21100.6 (a) The Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, and Solano may create a three-year pilot program to regulate the transport of solid waste by commercial nonfranchise…
- § 21101 Local authorities, for those highways under their jurisdiction, may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution, except as provided in subdivision…
- § 21101.2 Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution to provide that if a peace officer, as defined in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with…
- § 21101.4 (a) A local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt rules and regulations for temporarily closing to through traffic a highway under its jurisdiction…
- § 21101.6 Notwithstanding Section 21101, local authorities may not place gates or other selective devices on any street which deny or restrict the access of certain…
- § 21102 Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution closing to vehicular traffic that portion of any street or highway crossing or…
- § 21102.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, local authorities may, by ordinance or resolution, adopt rules and regulations restricting vehicular or pedestrian…
- § 21103 No ordinance or resolution enacted under Section 21101 shall be effective until signs giving notice of the local traffic laws are posted at all entrances to…
- § 21104 No ordinance or resolution proposed to be enacted under Section 21101 or subdivision (d) of Section 21100 is effective as to any highway not under the…
- § 21105 No rule or regulation adopted under Sections 21100 or 21101 shall be effective as to boundary line streets where portions thereof are within different…
- § 21106 (a) Local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may establish crosswalks between intersections. (b) Local authorities may install signs at or adjacent to an…
- § 21107 The provisions of this code shall not prevent any city from adopting rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution, regulating vehicular traffic on…
- § 21107.5 (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or resolution, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained roads as described in the ordinance or…
- § 21107.6 (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained roads as described in such ordinance within the city…
- § 21107.7 (a) Any city or county may, by ordinance or resolution, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained roads as described in the ordinance or…
- § 21107.8 (a) (1) A city, county, or city and county may, by ordinance or resolution, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained offstreet parking…
- § 21107.9 (a) Any city or county, or city and county, may, by ordinance or resolution, find and declare that there are privately owned and maintained roads within a…
- § 21108 Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regulating vehicular traffic on privately owned and maintained roads or ways…
- § 21109 (a) Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regulating vehicular and pedestrian traffic in subways, tubes, and tunnels or…
- § 21109.5 (a) No restriction or prohibition shall be effective pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 21109 or Section 34020.5 except upon notice and hearing in the…
- § 21110 Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution to require that all vehicles stop before entering or crossing the tracks at any…
- § 21111 Local authorities may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution regulating vehicular traffic on privately owned and maintained roads or ways…
- § 21112 Local authorities may by ordinance license and regulate the location of stands on streets and highways for use by taxicabs and other public carriers for hire…
- § 21113 (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), a person shall not drive a vehicle or animal, or stop, park, or leave standing a vehicle or animal, whether…
- § 21114 If a local authority finds that a city street or county road under its jurisdiction adjacent to an airport has been specifically designed and constructed, with…
- § 21114.5 Notwithstanding Section 21663 or any other provision of this code, local authorities may, by ordinance, authorize the operation of electric carts by physically…
- § 21115 (a) If a local authority finds that a highway under its jurisdiction is located adjacent to, or provides access to, a golf course and between the golf course…
- § 21115.1 (a) Notwithstanding Section 21115, a local authority may, by ordinance or resolution, establish crossing zones, for use by golf carts at any time other than…
- § 21116 (a) No person shall drive any motor vehicle upon a roadway located on a levee, canal bank, natural watercourse bank, or pipeline right-of-way if the…
- § 21117 (a) Local authorities may, notwithstanding Section 21101 or 21101.6, by written agreement approved by their legislative bodies, transfer among themselves the…
- § 21118 (a) A local authority may adopt rules and regulations by ordinance or resolution to restrict the routes or streets upon which a tour bus described in…
ARTICLE 4. Operation of Bicycles §§ 21200–21214.7 · 22 sections
- § 21200 (a) (1) A person riding a bicycle or operating a pedicab upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a…
- § 21200.5 Notwithstanding Section 21200, it is unlawful for any person to ride a bicycle upon a highway while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug,…
- § 21201 (a) A person shall not operate a bicycle on a roadway unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the operator to make one braked wheel skid on dry,…
- § 21201.3 (a) A bicycle or motorized bicycle used by a peace officer, as defined in Section 830.1 of, subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (i) of Section…
- § 21201.5 (a) No person shall sell, or offer for sale, a reflex reflector or reflectorized tire of a type required on a bicycle unless it meets requirements established…
- § 21202 (a) Any person operating a bicycle upon a roadway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride as…
- § 21203 No person riding upon any motorcycle, motorized bicycle, bicycle, coaster, roller skates, sled, or toy vehicle shall attach the same or himself to any…
- § 21204 (a) A person operating a bicycle upon a highway shall not ride other than upon or astride a permanent and regular seat attached thereto, unless the bicycle was…
- § 21205 No person operating a bicycle shall carry any package, bundle or article which prevents the operator from keeping at least one hand upon the handlebars.
- § 21206 This chapter does not prevent local authorities, by ordinance, from regulating the registration of bicycles and the parking and operation of bicycles on…
- § 21207 (a) This chapter does not prohibit local authorities from establishing, by ordinance or resolution, bicycle lanes separated from any vehicular lanes upon…
- § 21207.5 (a) Notwithstanding Sections 21207 and 23127 of this code, or any other law, a motorized bicycle shall not be operated on a bicycle path or trail, bikeway,…
- § 21208 (a) Whenever a bicycle lane has been established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207, any person operating a bicycle upon the roadway at a speed less than…
- § 21209 (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle in a bicycle lane established on a roadway pursuant to Section 21207 except as follows: (1) To park where parking is…
- § 21210 No person shall leave a bicycle lying on its side on any sidewalk, or shall park a bicycle on a sidewalk in any other position, so that there is not an…
- § 21211 (a) No person may stop, stand, sit, or loiter upon any class I bikeway, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code, or any…
- § 21212 (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not operate a bicycle, a nonmotorized scooter, or a skateboard, wear in-line or roller skates, or ride upon a bicycle,…
- § 21212.5 (a) A person shall not sell a class 3 electric bicycle to a person under 16 years of age. (b) A violation of this section is an infraction and shall be…
- § 21213 (a) A person under 16 years of age shall not operate a class 3 electric bicycle. (b) A person shall not operate a class 3 electric bicycle, or ride upon a…
- § 21214 (a) On or before January 1, 2026, the Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, shall conduct a…
- § 21214.5 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Marin Electric Bicycle Safety Pilot Program. (b) A local authority within the County of Marin, or the…
- § 21214.7 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the San Diego Electric Bicycle Safety Pilot Program. (b) A local authority within the County of San…
ARTICLE 4.5. Operation of Pedicabs §§ 21215–21215.5 · 3 sections
- § 21215 (a) A pedicab defined in subdivision (c) of Section 467.5 shall operate subject to all of the following requirements: (1) The pedicab shall have a seating…
- § 21215.2 (a) If alcoholic beverages are consumed on board the pedicab, a pedicab defined in subdivision (c) of Section 467.5 shall additionally operate subject to all…
- § 21215.5 This article does not preclude a local authority from imposing more stringent operating or equipment requirements on a pedicab subject to this article.
ARTICLE 5. Operation of Motorized Scooters §§ 21220–21235 · 13 sections
- § 21220 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) This state has severe traffic congestion and air pollution problems, particularly in its…
- § 21220.5 For the purposes of this article, a motorized scooter is defined in Section 407.5.
- § 21221 Every person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway has all the rights and is subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle by this…
- § 21221.5 Notwithstanding Section 21221, it is unlawful for any person to operate a motorized scooter upon a highway while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage…
- § 21223 (a) Every motorized scooter operated upon any highway during darkness shall be equipped with the following: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a lamp…
- § 21224 (a) A person operating a motorized scooter is not subject to the provisions of this code relating to financial responsibility, registration, and license plate…
- § 21225 This article does not prevent a local authority, by ordinance, from regulating the registration of motorized scooters and the parking and operation of…
- § 21226 (a) A person shall not sell or offer for sale a motorized scooter that produces a maximum noise level exceeding 80 dbA at a distance of 50 feet from the…
- § 21227 (a) A motorized scooter shall comply with one of the following: (1) Operate in a manner so that the electric motor is disengaged or ceases to function when the…
- § 21228 Any person operating a motorized scooter upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed of traffic moving in the same direction at that time shall ride…
- § 21229 (a) Whenever a class II bicycle lane has been established on a roadway, any person operating a motorized scooter upon the roadway shall ride within the bicycle…
- § 21230 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a motorized scooter may be operated on a bicycle path or trail or bikeway, unless the local authority or the…
- § 21235 The operator of a motorized scooter shall not do any of the following: (a) Operate a motorized scooter unless it is equipped with a brake that will enable the…
ARTICLE 5.5. Operation of Low-Speed Vehicles §§ 21250–21266 · 7 sections
- § 21250 For the purposes of this article, a low-speed vehicle means a vehicle as defined in Section 385.5. A “low-speed vehicle” is also known as a “neighborhood…
- § 21251 Except as provided in Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 1965) of Division 2.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, and Sections 4023, 21115, and 21115.1, a…
- § 21252 A vehicle dealer, selling a low-speed vehicle, shall provide to the buyer a disclosure statement regarding the operation of the vehicle that is in compliance…
- § 21253 A low-speed vehicle operated or parked on the roadway shall at all times meet federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards established for low-speed vehicles in…
- § 21254 A motor vehicle that was originally designated as a low-speed vehicle and that has been modified or altered to exceed 25 miles per hour shall not qualify for…
- § 21260 (a) Except as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), or in an area where a neighborhood electric vehicle transportation plan has been adopted pursuant…
- § 21266 (a) Notwithstanding Section 21260, local authorities, by ordinance or resolution, may restrict or prohibit the use of low-speed vehicles. (b) Notwithstanding…
ARTICLE 6. Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Devices §§ 21280–21282 · 5 sections
- § 21280 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) This state has severe traffic congestion and air pollution problems, particularly in its…
- § 21280.5 For purposes of this article, an electric personal assistive mobility device is defined in Section 313.
- § 21281 Every electric personal assistive mobility device, or EPAMD, shall be equipped with the following safety mechanisms: (a) Front, rear, and side reflectors. (b)…
- § 21281.5 (a) A person shall not operate an EPAMD on a sidewalk, bike path, pathway, trail, bike lane, street, road, or highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and…
- § 21282 Notwithstanding Section 21966, for the purpose of assuring the safety of pedestrians, including seniors, persons with disabilities, and others using sidewalks,…
ARTICLE 7. Operation of Electrically Motorized Boards §§ 21290–21296 · 6 sections
- § 21290 (a) For purposes of this article, “bikeway” is defined in Section 890.4 of the Streets and Highways Code. (b) For purposes of this article, an “electrically…
- § 21291 An electrically motorized board shall be operated only by a person who is 16 years of age or older.
- § 21292 A person shall not operate an electrically motorized board upon a highway, bikeway, or any other public bicycle path, sidewalk, or trail, unless that person is…
- § 21293 (a) Every electrically motorized board operated upon a highway during darkness shall be equipped with all of the following: (1) Except as provided in…
- § 21294 (a) An electrically motorized board shall only operate upon a highway designated with a speed limit of 35 miles per hour or less, unless the electrically…
- § 21296 (a) It is unlawful for a person to operate an electrically motorized board upon a highway while under the influence of an alcoholic beverage or any drug, or…
ARTICLE 8. Horseback Riding § 21300 · 1 section
- § 21300 (a) A person under 18 years of age shall not ride an equestrian animal upon a paved highway unless that person is wearing a properly fitted and fastened helmet…