Section 34500 Of Division 14.8. Safety Regulations From California Vehicle Code >> Division 14.8.
34500
. The department shall regulate the safe operation of the
following vehicles:
(a) Motortrucks of three or more axles that are more than 10,000
pounds gross vehicle weight rating.
(b) Truck tractors.
(c) Buses, schoolbuses, school pupil activity buses, youth buses,
farm labor vehicles, modified limousines, and general public
paratransit vehicles.
(d) Trailers and semitrailers designed or used for the
transportation of more than 10 persons, and the towing motor vehicle.
(e) Trailers and semitrailers, pole or pipe dollies, auxiliary
dollies, and logging dollies used in combination with vehicles listed
in subdivision (a), (b), (c), or (d). This subdivision does not
include camp trailers, trailer coaches, and utility trailers.
(f) A combination of a motortruck and a vehicle or vehicles set
forth in subdivision (e) that exceeds 40 feet in length when coupled
together.
(g) A vehicle, or a combination of vehicles, transporting
hazardous materials.
(h) Manufactured homes that, when moved upon the highway, are
required to be moved pursuant to a permit as specified in Section
35780 or 35790.
(i) A park trailer, as described in Section 18009.3 of the Health
and Safety Code, that, when moved upon a highway, is required to be
moved pursuant to a permit pursuant to Section 35780.
(j) Any other motortruck not specified in subdivisions (a) to (h),
inclusive, or subdivision (k), that is regulated by the Department
of Motor Vehicles, Public Utilities Commission, or United States
Secretary of Transportation, but only for matters relating to hours
of service and logbooks of drivers.
(k) A commercial motor vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating
of 26,001 or more pounds or a commercial motor vehicle of any gross
vehicle weight rating towing a vehicle described in subdivision (e)
with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, except
combinations including camp trailers, trailer coaches, or utility
trailers. For purposes of this subdivision, the term "commercial
motor vehicle" has the meaning defined in subdivision (b) of Section
15210.