(a)A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall
be equipped with at least two headlamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, and, except as to vehicles registered prior to January 1, 1930, they shall be located directly above or in advance of the front axle of the vehicle. The headlamps and every light source in any headlamp unit
shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 22 inches.
(b)A motor vehicle, other than a motorcycle, shall be operated during darkness, or inclement weather, or both, with at least two lighted headlamps that comply with subdivision (a).
(c)As used in subdivision (b), “inclement weather” is a weather condition that is either of the following:
(1)A condition that prevents a driver of a motor vehicle from clearly discerning a person or another motor vehicle on the highway from a distance of 1,000 feet.
(2)A condition requiring the windshield wipers to be in continuous use due to rain, mist, snow, fog, or other precipitation or atmospheric moisture.
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Ivan Sigmond-Ballesteros, 285 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2002).
“See Cal. Vehicle Code § 24400 (“The headlamps and every light source in any headlamp unit shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 22 inches.”
Mui Ho v. Toyota Motor Corp., 931 F. Supp. 2d 987 (N.D. Cal. 2013).
“See FAC ¶¶ 51 (citing Cal. Veh.Code § 24400). Defendants respond that the possibility of headlamp failure after years of use is not actually an “unreasonable safety risk,” and that the accumulation of water in the Class Vehicles’ headlamps is “readily observable,” Reply at 9,…”
Becerra v. Gen. Motors LLC, 241 F. Supp. 3d 1094 (S.D. Cal. 2017).
“3d at *1106 961 ; see Cal. Veh. Code § 24400 (b) (“A motor vehicle .”
United States v. Sigmond-Ballesteros, 247 F.3d 943 (9th Cir. 2001).
“See Cal. Vehicle Code § 24400 (“The headlamps and every light source in any headlamp unit shall be located at a height of not more than 54 inches nor less than 22 inches.”
Gulf Ins. v. Edgerly, 31 Cal. App. 3d 334 (Cal. Ct. App. 1973).
“” Vehicle Code section 24400 provides: “During darkness, every motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, shall be equipped with at least two lighted headlamps, with at least one on each side of the front of the vehicle, and, except as to vehicles registered prior to January 1,…”
People v. McGehee CA2/8 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 3× “Deputy Peterson testified he pulled appellant over for driving without his headlights on while it was raining, which violated Vehicle Code section 24400, subdivision (b).”
The People v. Jacobson CA2/1 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013).
“Second, Vehicle Code section 24400 requires that a vehicle have headlights, but there is no requirement that they must be operational except during darkness or inclement weather—neither of which was the case when Jacobson was stopped.”
People v. Martinez CA2/6 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014).
“While Hart could not, perhaps, legally cite appellant in a parking lot, appellant's driving without his headlights on was activity 'relating' to a violation of Vehicle Code section 24400 and it was 'about to occur' on a public street.”
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