{"id":1974,"date":"2014-02-04T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T16:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/?p=1974"},"modified":"2022-12-21T03:39:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-21T03:39:09","slug":"7-new-california-dmv-laws-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/7-new-california-dmv-laws-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"7 New California DMV Laws You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you drive a motor vehicle in California, you\u2019ll want to know about these 7 new highway safety and traffic laws<\/em> that go into effect in 2014. Make sure you\u2019re aware of these changes and the impact they may have on how you drive.<\/p>\n

1. <\/strong>Bicycles: Passing Distance \u2013 Watch Your Distance<\/strong>
\nAB 1371, known as the Three Feet for Safety Act, requires drivers passing a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass with no less than 3 feet between any part of the vehicle and any part of the bicycle or driver.<\/p>\n

When three feet is not possible, the motor vehicle must slow to a reasonable and prudent speed and only pass when no danger is present to the bicyclist. Failure to do so can result in a fine, whether or not a collision occurred. This law will take effect September 16, 2014.<\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Clean Air Vehicle Decals<\/a> \/ \u201cHOV Stickers\u201d \u2013 Clean Air Perks<\/strong>
\nAB 266 and SB 286, together extend the end dates for low emission, zero emission vehicles to operate in high occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) without meeting federal occupancy requirements to January 1, 2019.<\/p>\n

3.<\/strong> Commercial Driver\u2019s License \u2013 A Weighty Issue<\/strong>
\nAB 1047 allows the DMV to conduct the commercial drive test for the holder of an out\u2013of\u2013state commercial learner\u2019s permit.<\/p>\n

AB 1047 also revises the license class definitions to require a driver operating a bus weighing more than 26,000 pounds to hold a commercial Class B license and a driver operating a bus weighing 26,000 pounds or less to hold a commercial Class C license.<\/p>\n

4.<\/strong> DMV Vehicle Registration Pilot Program<\/strong>
\nSB 806 authorizes the DMV to establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards, subject to certain requirements. It also allows the DMV to experiment with electronic license plates, as well as help the DMV to investigate cost\u2013effective alternatives to California\u2019s traditional metal license plate, plastic\u2013coated registration stickers, and paper registration cards.<\/p>\n

5.<\/strong> Registration and Vehicle Transfers Between Family Members \u2013 No Fines, No Problems<\/strong>
\nAB 443 prohibits transferring vehicle ownership to a relative or a revocable living trust until all parking or toll\u2013violation fines and penalties reported to the DMV are paid by the transferee.<\/p>\n

6.<\/strong> Teen Driver<\/a>s \u2013 Cell Phone Spoiler Alert<\/strong>
\nSB 194 prohibits a person who is under 18 years of age from using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text\u2013based communication while driving, even if it is equipped with a hands\u2013free device.<\/p>\n

7.<\/strong> Veterans License Plates \u2013 Honoring Those Who Served <\/strong>
\nAB 244 requires the California Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> (CalVet) to sponsor a veterans\u2019 special interest license plate (available to all vehicle owners) and requires the DMV to issue the veterans\u2019 plate if CalVet meets the current legal requirements. Implementation of this program requires that the Department of Veterans Affairs have 7,500 pre\u2013paid applications in place.<\/p>\n

In addition to the current Honoring Veterans design of the Veteran\u2019s Organization Plate, this law creates a new program to reissue the Veteran design that was issued prior to January 1, 2010.<\/p>\n

What do you think about these new laws? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you drive a motor vehicle in California, you\u2019ll want to know about these 7 new highway safety and traffic laws that go into effect in 2014. Make sure you\u2019re aware of these changes and the impact they may have on how you drive. 1. Bicycles: Passing Distance \u2013 Watch Your Distance AB 1371, known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1975,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[697],"tags":[172],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6433,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974\/revisions\/6433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.costulessdirect.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}