Saturday, December 30, 2017

New California driving laws going into effect Jan 1 2018

Vehicle registration fee increase: 
As part of SB 1, drivers will pay more for vehicle registration. The fee is based on the vehicle's current value, as follows:

Vehicles worth between $0 and $4,999: $25 fee increase
Vehicles worth between $5,000 and $24,999: $50 fee increase
Vehicles worth between $25,000 and $34,999: $100 fee increase
Vehicles worth between $35,000 and $59,999: $150 fee increase
Vehicles worth $60,000 and higher: $175 fee increase

The sale and cultivation of recreational-use marijuana will be legal in California on Jan. 1.
but you can't have marijuana in your vehicles on federal roads... that means highways and freeways.
The new law prohibits the smoking or ingestion of marijuana while driving or riding as a passenger in a vehicle.
Also, border patrol will have the pot excuse to search vehicles, because until the federal govt gives up on the war over pot being a "schedule one" drug, it's still illegal, everywhere. It's just that federal law enforcement is only found on military bases, border patrol checkpoints, and airports. (of course, all the other examples I'm not aware of because really, who the hell cares?)


AB 711 will allow alcohol companies and businesses to team up with ride shares, like Uber and Lyft, as well as taxi services, to give out vouchers or promo codes for discounted rides.


SB 179 removes the requirement that people have to choose either male or female on their identification documents. Transgender people will be able to select “nonbinary” as an option if they do not identify as either male or female.


Beginning July 1, anyone riding in a bus is required by law to be properly restrained by seat belts, if the bus is equipped with them. SB 20 also prohibits adults from putting children between the ages of 8 and 16 on a bus unless they are properly restrained by a seat belt or “child passenger restraint system that meets federal safety standards.

Under AB 168, employers will no longer be able to ask job applicants about their salary history, compensation or benefits. Employers will also be required to disclose pay scales for a job if the applicants asks for them.

Under the previous law, drivers were prohibited from having tint or any other material or display that “reduces the driver’s clear view through the windshield or side windows." AB 1303 allows drivers with a medical condition certified by a dermatologist to tint their windshields, side and rear windows to protect them from ultraviolet rays.

http://www.kcra.com/article/authorities-prank-911-call-leads-to-police-shooting-of-unarmed-man/14520658


DUI: Uber, Lyft and other drivers-for-hire take note: Beginning July 1, 2018, it will be unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration of 0.04 percent or more when a passenger for hire is in the vehicle at the time of the offense


Motorcycle Training Courses: Authorizes the DMV to accept a certificate of satisfactory completion of any motorcyclist-training program approved by the CHP in lieu of the required DMV motorcycle skills test. Applicants for an original motorcycle license or motorcycle endorsement under 21 years of age continue to be required to complete a novice motorcyclist-training program

http://fox5sandiego.com/2017/12/26/new-california-traffic-laws-take-effect-in-2018/


Starting Jan. 1, 2019, the law creates a decal program to let low-emission vehicles drive on the carpool lanes, regardless of how many people are inside the vehicle, for a four-year term. Access to carpool lanes for cars with green and white decals will expire Jan. 1, 2019. Anyone issued one of those green or white decals in 2017 or 2018 will be able to reapply for a decal in 2019 that will give them access to hig-occupancy toll lanes through Jan. 1, 2022.
HOV Decal Program (AB 544)

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/2018s-New-Laws-for-California-Drivers-466909013.html


a new law requires drivers to pay parking penalties before renewing registration or being issued a driver’s license.

https://www.10news.com/news/new-laws-coming-to-california-roads-in-2018
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/pubs/newsrel/2017/2017_94

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