Section 24615 Of Article 3. Rear Lighting Equipment From California Vehicle Code >> Division 12. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
24615
. It is unlawful to operate upon a public highway any vehicle
or combination of vehicles, which is designed to be and is operated
at a speed of 25 miles per hour or less, unless the rearmost vehicle
displays a "slow-moving vehicle emblem," except upon vehicles used by
a utility, whether publicly or privately owned, for the
construction, maintenance, or repair of its own facilities or upon
vehicles used by highway authorities or bridge or highway districts
in highway maintenance, inspection, survey, or construction work,
while such vehicle is engaged in work at the jobsite upon a highway.
Any other vehicle or combination of vehicles, when operated at a
speed of 25 miles per hour or less, may display such emblem. The
emblem shall be mounted on the rear of the vehicle, base down, and at
a height of not less than three nor more than five feet from ground
to base. Such emblem shall consist of a truncated equilateral
triangle having a minimum height of 14 inches with a red reflective
border not less than 1 3/4 inches in width and a fluorescent orange
center.
This emblem shall not be displayed except as permitted or required
by this section.