West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 25804. Historical vehicles' lighting equipment

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, original lighting equipment installed on a vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1946, need not meet the requirements established by the department when the vehicle is used primarily for the purpose of historical exhibition.

West's Ann. Cal. Health & Safety Code § 43002. Exemptions; motor vehicles of historic value; exceptions

No motor vehicle of historic interest shall be required to have any motor vehicle pollution control device, except for such devices that were required by this part for such vehicles prior to the time that special identification plates were issued for that vehicle pursuant to Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code.

West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 24410. Single beams

Headlamps arranged to provide a single distribution of light not supplemented by auxiliary driving lamps are permitted on motor vehicles manufactured and sold prior to September 19, 1940, in lieu of multiple-beam road lighting equipment if the single distribution of light complies with the following requirements and limitations:

(a) The headlamps shall be so aimed that when the vehicle is not loaded none of the highintensity portion of the light shall at a distance of 25 feet ahead project higher than a level of five inches below the level of the center of the lamp from which it comes, and in no case higher than 42 inches above the level on which the vehicle stands at a distance of 75 feet ahead.

(b) The intensity shall be sufficient to reveal persons and vehicles at a distance of at least 200 feet.

West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 25100. Clearance and side-marker lamps

(a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b) and (d), every vehicle 80 inches or more in overall width shall be equipped during darkness as follows:

1. At least one amber clearance lamp on each side mounted on a forward-facing portion of the vehicle and visible from the front and at least one red clearance lamp on each side mounted on a rearward-facing portion of the vehicle and visible from the rear.
2. At least one amber side-marker lamp on each side near the front and at least one red side-marker lamp on each side near the rear.
3. At least one amber side-marker lamp on each side at or near the center on trailers and semitrailers 30 feet or more in length and which are manufactured and first registered after January 1, 1962. Any such vehicle manufactured and first registered prior to January 1, 1962, may be so equipped.
4. At least one amber side-marker lamp mounted at approximate midpoint of housecars, motortrucks, and buses 30 or more feet in length and manufactured on or after January 1, 1969. Any such vehicle manufactured prior to January 1, 1969, may be so equipped.
5. Combination clearance and side-marker lamps mounted as side-marker lamps and meeting the visibility requirements for both types of lamps may be used in lieu of required individual clearance or side-marker lamps.

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West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 24603. Stoplamps

Every motor vehicle that 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) Each vehicle shall be equipped with one or more stoplamps.

(b) Each vehicle, other than a motorcycle, manufactured and first registered on or after January 1, 1958, shall be equipped with two stoplamps, except that trailers and semitrailers manufactured after July 23, 1973, which are less than 30 inches wide, may be equipped with one stoplamp which shall be mounted at or near the vertical centerline of the trailer. If such vehicle is equipped with two stoplamps, they shall be mounted as specified in subdivision (d).

(c) Except as provided in subdivision (h), stoplamps on vehicles manufactured on or after January 1, 1969, shall be mounted not lower than 15 inches nor higher than 72 inches, except that a tow truck or a repossessor's tow vehicle, in addition to being equipped with the required stoplamps, may also be equipped with two stoplamps which may be mounted not lower than 15 inches nor higher than the maximum allowable vehicle height and as far forward as the rearmost portion of the driver's seat in the rearmost position.

(d) When two stoplamps are required, at least one shall be mounted at the left and one at the right side, respectively, at the same level.

(e)(1) Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured on or after January 1, 1979, shall emit a red light. Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979, shall emit a red or yellow light.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to commercial motor vehicles, as defined in Section 15210 or 34500. Stoplamps on a commercial motor vehicle shall emit red light. A commercial motor vehicle shall not be equipped with an amber stoplamp, amber taillamp, or other amber lamp that is optically combined with a stoplamp or taillamp.

West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 25950. Color of lamps and reflectors; infrared region of electromagnetic spectrum

This section applies to the color of lamps and to any reflector exhibiting or reflecting
perceptible light of 0.05 candela or more per foot-candle of incident illumination. Unless
provided otherwise, the color of lamps and reflectors upon a vehicle shall be as follows:

(a) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from in
front of a vehicle, shall be white or yellow, except as follows:

(1) Rear side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show red to the front.

(2) The color of foglamps described in Section 24403 may be in the color spectrum from white to yellow.

(3) An illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall emit radiation predominantly in the infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Any incidental
visible light projecting to the front of the vehicle shall be predominantly yellow to white. Any incidental visible light projecting to the rear of the vehicle shall be predominantly red. Any incidental visible light from an illuminating device, as permitted under Section 24255, shall not resemble any other required or permitted lighting device or official traffic control device.

(b) The emitted light from all lamps and the reflected light from all reflectors, visible from the
rear of a vehicle, shall be red except as follows:

(1) Stoplamps on vehicles manufactured before January 1, 1979, may show yellow to the rear.

(2) Turn signal lamps may show yellow to the rear.

(3) Front side marker lamps required by Section 25100 may show yellow to the rear.

(4) Backup lamps shall show white to the rear.

(5) The rearward facing portion of a front-mounted double- faced turn signal lamp may show amber to the rear while the headlamps or parking lamps are lighted, if the
intensity of the light emitted is not greater than the parking lamps and the turn signal function is not impaired.

(6) A reflector meeting the requirements of, and installed in accordance with, Section 24611 shall be red or white, or both.

(c) All lamps and reflectors visible from the front, sides, or rear of a vehicle, except headlamps, may have any unlighted color, provided the emitted light from all lamps or reflected light from all reflectors complies with the required color. Except for backup lamps, the entire effective projected luminous area of lamps visible from the rear or mounted on the sides near the rear of a vehicle shall be covered by an inner lens of the required color when the unlighted color differs from the required emitted light color. Taillamps, stoplamps, and turn signal lamps that are
visible to the rear may be white when unlighted on vehicles manufactured before January 1,
1974.

West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 26311. Service brakes on all wheels; exceptions

(a) Every motor vehicle shall be equipped with service brakes on all wheels in contact with the
roadway, except as follows:
(1) Trucks and truck tractors manufactured before July 25, 1980, having three or more
axles need not have brakes on the front wheels, except when such vehicles are
equipped with at least two steerable axles, the wheels of one such axle need not be
equipped with brakes.
(2) The final towed vehicle in a triple saddle-mount driveaway-towaway operation.
(3) Any vehicle manufactured prior to 1930.
(4) Any two-axle truck tractor manufactured prior to 1964.
(5) Any sidecar attached to a motorcycle.
(6) Any motorcycle manufactured prior to 1966. Such motorcycle shall be equipped with
brakes on at least one wheel.
(b) Any bus, truck, or truck tractor may be equipped with a manual or automatic means for
reducing the braking effort on the front wheels. The manual means shall be used only when
operating under adverse road conditions, such as wet, snowy, or icy roads.
(c) Vehicles and combinations of vehicles exempted in subdivisions (a) and (b) from the
requirements of brakes on all wheels shall comply with the stopping distance requirements of
Section 26454.
West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 26521. Warning device
Motor vehicles required to be equipped with power brakes and equipped with vacuum or
vacuum-assisted brakes and motor vehicles used to tow vehicles equipped with vacuum brakes
or vacuum-assisted brakes shall be equipped with either an audible or visible warning signal to
indicate readily to the driver when the vacuum drops to eight inches of mercury and less. A
vacuum gauge shall not be deemed to meet this requirement.
This section shall not apply to a two-axle motor truck operated singly nor to any motor vehicle
manufactured prior to 1964.
West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 26700. Windshields; exceptions
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), a passenger vehicle, other than a motorcycle, and
every bus, motortruck or truck tractor, and every firetruck, fire engine or other fire apparatus,
whether publicly or privately owned, shall be equipped with an adequate windshield.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any vehicle issued identification plates pursuant to
Section 5004 which was not required to be equipped with a windshield at the time it was first
sold or registered under the laws of this state, another state, or foreign jurisdiction.
West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 26701. Safety glazing material
(a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any motor vehicle, except a motorcycle,
manufactured after January 1, 1936, unless it is equipped with safety glazing material
wherever glazing materials are used in interior partitions, doors, windows, windshields,
auxiliary wind deflectors or openings in the roof.
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(d) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any motor vehicle equipped with red, blue, or
amber translucent aftermarket material in any partitions, windows, windshields, or wind
deflectors.
(e) No person shall sell, offer for sale, or operate any trailer coach manufactured after January
1, 1977, that is capable of being towed with a fifth-wheel device unless the trailer coach is
equipped with safety glazing materials wherever glazing materials are used in windows or
doors, interior partitions, and openings in the roof.
West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 34715. Energy-absorption system
No new passenger vehicle, except a passenger vehicle certified by its manufacturer as having
been manufactured prior to September 1, 1973, shall be sold or registered on and after
September 1, 1973, unless it has a manufacturer's warranty that it is equipped with an
appropriate energy-absorption system that meets the requirement for energy absorption
systems set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
West's Ann. Cal. Vehicle Code § 35101. Pneumatic tires
When any vehicle is equipped with pneumatic tires, the maximum width from the outside of
one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite outer wheel and tire shall not exceed 108
inches, but the outside width of the body of the vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed
102 inches.

Vehicles manufactured, reconstructed, or modified after the effective date of amendments to
this section enacted during the 1983 portion of the 1983-84 Regular Session of the Legislature,
to utilize the 102 inch maximum width dimension, shall be equipped with axles, tires, and
wheels of sufficient width to adequately and safely stabilize the vehicle. The Department of the
California Highway Patrol shall conduct tests relating to the dynamic stability of vehicles
utilizing body widths over 96 inches, up to and including 102 inches, to determine the necessity
for establishing performance standards under the authority of Section 34500. Such standards if
established shall be consistent with width standards established by or under the authority of
the United States Department of Transportation.