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stoplamps

Here's the CVC section pertaining to stoplamps.

24603. Every motor vehicle which is not in combination with any
other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of
vehicles shall at all times be equipped with stoplamps mounted on the
rear as follows:
(a) Every such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more
stoplamps.

670. A "vehicle" is a device by which any person or property may be
propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved
exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails
or tracks.

May we all keep our feet on the pedals and the rubber side down!
 
Thanks for this post Motman ... looks like you also found the law about riding in bike lanes if adjacent to roadways ... amazes me how much we all think we know until corrected. I'm glad the experts are in here. I lucked out too! I forgot that my wife's job at AAA let her speedily process the #230 form for me .... (now if I can just get the serial numbers not to vibrate off the engine, and figure out how the heck to fit a halogen Niterider inside a chopper headlight shell and still be able to reach the switches I'll have it made .... )
 
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Here's the CVC section pertaining to stoplamps.

24603. Every motor vehicle which is not in combination with any
other vehicle and every vehicle at the end of a combination of
vehicles shall at all times be equipped with stoplamps mounted on the
rear as follows:
(a) Every such vehicle shall be equipped with one or more
stoplamps.

670. A "vehicle" is a device by which any person or property may be
propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved
exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails
or tracks.

May we all keep our feet on the pedals and the rubber side down!

I'll stick with legal bicycle lighting for my power assisted bicycle until told otherwise by the police. Yes, I have read the CVC covering power assisted bicycles, their lighting and read nothing about having to have stop lights or turn signals. Hand signals for left, right and stop should be used however.
 
the admin has been summoned, but by another party altogether. someone who felt that expessing disagreement needn't come with attached-insults. i just read thru the topic, word for word, marked every post that had unnecessary digs. you have any idea what this thread would look like if i deleted them all?

doggone it, i don't usually get all the way into these topics, it's not relevant in my life at the moment, but i DO pay attention to who's been posting & i've been relying on reputation and trust. i see i was wrong to do that and in more than one case :(

i don't know what to do. please PM me with the link to any post you'd like to edit and we'll clean it up :)

otherwise, the whole thing goes away and we'll start over. now i have to hunt down another set of insults elsewhere, as referenced in this OP. sheesh, guys, it wasn't much fun making this post, but there ya have it.
 
not any fun

This was my first time participating in such a forum and it's certainly the last time I'm going to participate at this site. I tried to share what I have learned about the subject and get my legal research questioned by bloggers who didn't even read what I had written. MotorbikeMike, you win. I'm out of here. Congratulations!
 
:censored: !!

i feel helpless at the moment, but i'm not gonna remain so...someone better step forward. we're better than this!
 
"someone better step forward"

Who is someone?

I reside and ride a motorized bicycle in CA.
This I know for a fact.
Bicycle lighting and reflectors are requiored NOT stop n' turn signals.
An M-2 cert is requiored on one's CDL.
A motorized bicycle MUST NOT be over 2hp or reach speeds over 30mph on level ground.
A one time plate fee is REQUIORED and one might have to stamp one's own frame numbers inorder to fill out the form.
If one rides at night, the plate MUST be lighted.
A helmet is requiored. I use a full face Giro or my old style bicyle helmet on serious pedal power days. A DOT approved helmet maybe needed by law but the Giro works well for highway use.

Whizzer?
In CA they have a restrictor between the carb and intake port to limit hp to 2.
Daylight headlight use for motorized bicycles? Wizzer offers them that way. DOT requiored motorcycles to be sold with daylight headlights back in the late '70s

It seems people want to argue here inorder to change the laws regarding CA motorized bicycles. Ain't gonna happen.
 
well, "someone" would be anyone who has demonstrated the need to cut someone down while trying to make a point or counter-point. i was hoping that "someone" would see my point about that, and express regret that they let themselves get drawn into the unsavory practice during the heat of the discussion.

argue all you want...but is there a need to include the personal digs? NO!

how's it look now, eh?

not good.

none of my edits were based on the actual discussion, but on the presence of disparaging personal remarks that contributed NOTHING to the discussion at hand.
 
Since I believe this was initialy my thread before things went askew, I'll step forward as well. As with Motman this will no doubt be my last post also. Its just too argumentative in here.

I own a 2007 $14000 Nomad, and a 2006 Tahoe QL4 listed as I have it loaded at over $25.000 .... Anyone looking at the rude and tense comments in here and the almost bar room brawl types of veiled smugness would SURELY be afraid of the real $ forums where literally hundreds of thousands of dollars and time might well rest on the believability of another posters comments.Yet the pull n tug skirmishes just to post a belief without reprisal happen much less at those forums then here. IMO means IN MY OPINION.

It was created simply to address just the tireing types of verbal antagonisms we're looking at here. I spent nearly $1600 dollars on a Minnkota auto pilot based on 1 single post, and have made all the road or water statements I pleased with none of the embarrassing 'rebukes' I and others have recieved here ...

Im going to try 1 last thing however. Im going to post only in the White Zone which if I understand the rules, should permit me to give opinions that are purely my own, make GUESSES as to what laws might mean ,because despite the attempts of those who tell me to just shut up and do it thier way, I want the freedom to be humourous, pose philisophical what ifs, give tech tips that I know worked on my builds (if it confuses newbies,I guess they'll just have to wait like me, until they are 60 years old and full of the same technical expertise I learned slowly over the years.) Since I see no rules that state the WHITE ZONE can't express topics that just coincidentally HAVE THIER OWN ZONE, as well, I'm going there to try to post without having to publicly swordplay myself in a win to victory or lose to embarrassment public joust over every jot and tittle of every law in every State. Theres a handy button in here I remember seeing I think ....

If you hate my jargon, if you hate that I like long posts, if you think I'm not respecting that you want to be the big cheese authority on each thread and I'm not complying or posting as you see fit then BYPASS ME. DONT READ MY POSTS. If on the possible chance you turn out to be right, you won't have to swordplay with me anyway because Augi himself will be editing, correcting, or even throwing me off the site. THEN you can smugly smile to yourself that you indeed were right all along about my posts.That aside, other people that enjoy my insight, appreciate my wit, like to laugh at my stupidity, enjoy my confusion will continue to read my posts. and you won't. And we'll all be happy. I'm vacating this zone right now. I invite everyone who feels the same way to join me in the WHITE ZONE. By the way, for anybody in here who has a college degree in any topic at all ... please remember that the average joe on the street doesn't believe every single claim thier own DOCTOR, BRAIN SURGEON,THIER CONTRACTOR, or THIER MINISTER says. What makes you think they'll just take every word from YOUR mouth as undisputable law ?
 
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hello bicycle folks!

i find this section very important as im trying to change the statutes or acts in my province.and when a topic gets personal i go past it,and there might be something in that topic that i need to know.thanx:eek::D
 
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