Section 23116 Of Article 1. Driving Offenses From California Vehicle Code >> Division 11. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 1.
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. (a) No person driving a pickup truck or a flatbed motortruck
on a highway shall transport any person in or on the back of the
truck.
(b) No person shall ride in or on the back of a truck or flatbed
motortruck being driven on a highway.
(c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply if the person in the
back of the truck is secured with a restraint system. The restraint
system shall meet or exceed the federal motor vehicle safety
standards published in Sections 571.207, 571.209, and 571.210 of
Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(d) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) do not apply to any person
transporting one or more persons in the back of a truck or flatbed
motortruck owned by a farmer or rancher, if that vehicle is used
exclusively within the boundaries of lands owned or managed by that
farmer or rancher, including the incidental use of that vehicle on
not more than one mile of highway between one part of the farm or
ranch to another part of that farm or ranch.
(e) Subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) do not apply if the person in
the back of the truck or the flatbed is being transported in an
emergency response situation by a public agency or pursuant to the
direction or authority of a public agency.
As used in this subdivision, "emergency response situation" means
instances in which necessary measures are needed in order to prevent
injury or death to persons or to prevent, confine, or mitigate damage
or destruction to property.
(f) Subdivisions (a) and (b) do not apply if the person in the
back of the truck or flatbed motortruck is being transported in a
parade that is supervised by a law enforcement agency and the speed
of the truck while in the parade does not exceed eight miles per
hour.