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VEH 27459: No person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon any portion of a highway without tire traction…

DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES

Executive Summary

California Vehicle Code section 27459 (No person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon any portion of a highway without tire traction…) addresses no person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon any portion of a highway without tire traction devices when that portion of the highway. In any case where a passenger vehicle or motortruck having an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or less may be required by the Department of Transportation or…. Part of DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES. Tags Clinic hosts the official statutory text unchanged below for registration, title, and compliance reference in California.

Key Takeaways

  • No person shall operate any motor vehicle, trailer or semitrailer upon any portion of a highway without tire traction devices when that portion of the highway….
  • In any case where a passenger vehicle or motortruck having an unladen weight of 6,000 pounds or less may be required by the Department of Transportation or….
  • The snow-tread tires shall be of a type and design manufactured for use on snow as a replacement for tire chains or tire traction devices, shall be in good….
  • (Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 71, Sec. 4.

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DIVISION 12. EQUIPMENT OF VEHICLES
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