CHAPTER 1. Towing Equipment [29000. - 29009.]

Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.

§§ 29000–29009 · 11 sections

• § 29000 Unless specified, this chapter does not apply to tow trucks or to the drawbar or other connection between a motor vehicle and a pole or pipe dolly or logging…
• § 29001 The upper and lower halves of every fifth wheel connecting device on any semitrailer and truck-tractor or auxiliary dolly shall be securely affixed to the…
• § 29002 Every fifth wheel mechanism, including adapters, shall be equipped with a locking device which will not permit the upper and lower halves to be separated…
• § 29003 (a) Every hitch or coupling device used as a means of attaching the towed and towing vehicles shall be properly and securely mounted and be structurally…
• § 29004 (a) (1) Except as required under paragraph (2), a towed vehicle shall be coupled to the towing vehicle by means of a safety chain, cable, or equivalent device…
• § 29004.5 No recreational vehicle, as described in Section 18010.5 of the Health and Safety Code, designed to be towed, shall be manufactured for sale in this state,…
• § 29005 When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other connection shall not exceed 15 feet.
• § 29006 (a) No person shall operate a vehicle towing another motor vehicle upon a freeway unless the towing vehicle is coupled to the towed vehicle by a rigid…
• § 29007 The requirements of Section 29004 shall not apply to vehicles engaged in driveaway-towaway operations if all the following conditions are met: (a) The towed…
• § 29008 Sections 29004 and 29005 shall not apply to trailers or dollies used to support booms attached to truck cranes if the following conditions are met: (a) The…
• § 29009 The requirements of Section 29004 do not apply to a dolly used to support a portion of special construction equipment, as defined in Section 565, which, due to…