Section 32105 Of Division 14.3. Transportation Of Inhalation Hazards From California Vehicle Code >> Division 14.3.
32105
. (a) Unless there is no practicable alternative, every driver
of a vehicle transporting inhalation hazards shall avoid, by
prearrangement of routes, driving into or through heavily populated
areas, congested thoroughfares, or places where crowds are assembled.
Operating convenience is not a basis for determining whether it is
practicable to operate a vehicle in accordance with this subdivision.
(b) No vehicle transporting inhalation hazards shall be left
unattended upon any street or highway.
(c) Inspection of the following items of equipment shall be made
immediately preceding the actual transportation of an inhalation
hazard:
(1) Brakes and the brake system.
(2) Steering, connection devices, and lighting systems.
(3) All tires.
(4) All supplemental equipment as required by Section 32106.
(d) En route inspection of tires and brakes on vehicles
transporting inhalation hazards shall be performed at the following
locations:
(1) At an inspection stop at least every four hours or 150 miles
traveled, whichever occurs first, or as close thereto as is
practicable, depending upon the proximity of those inspection stops.
(2) Regardless of elapsed time or miles traveled, at the top of
and prior to descending any grade upon which the Department of
Transportation has declared a speed limit for trucks of less than 55
miles per hour as provided by Section 22407. The inspection shall be
made off the roadway.
(3) Regardless of elapsed time or miles traveled, at any location
designated in regulations of the department as a required inspection
stop.
(e) (1) Every person operating a vehicle transporting an
inhalation hazard shall complete a record of every inspection which
is required pursuant to this section in the form approved by the
department showing the time and place of every inspection.
(2) The record of every inspection shall be made at the time the
inspection is conducted.
(3) The person making the inspection shall certify the fact in the
record.
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1992.