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The California Vehicle Code, informally referred to as the Veh.Code or the CVC, is a legal code which contains almost all statutes relating to the operation, ownership and registration of vehicles (including bicycles [1] and even animals when riding on a public roadway [2]) in the state of California in the United States.
California v. Carney , 471 U.S. 386 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that a motor home was subject to the automobile exception to the search warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution because the motor home was readily movable.
Some states consider that drivers have a First Amendment right to flash their headlights. In other states, law enforcement officers give citations for headlight flashing under three types of laws: (1) laws prohibiting a person from obstructing a police investigation, (2) laws prohibiting a person from having flashing lights on their vehicle ...
FMVSS 108 is codified in Title 49 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 571, Section 108. [1] The most recent version was published by NHTSA for comment in December 2007, [2] and since then, it has been amended in April 2011, [3] August 2011, [4] January 2012, [5] December 2012, [6] December 2015, [7] February 2016, [8] and February 2022.
California v. Acevedo , 500 U.S. 565 (1991), was a decision of the United States Supreme Court , which interpreted the Carroll doctrine to provide one rule to govern all automobile searches. The Court stated, "The police may search an automobile and the containers within it where they have probable cause to believe contraband or evidence is ...
Background: In 2013, a new Florida law took effect allowing the practice of flashing headlights at another driver, for any reason, although it all started with a case involving warning others on ...
The Codes form an important part of California law. However, they must be read in combination with the federal and state constitutions, federal and state case law, and the California Code of Regulations, in order to understand how they are actually interpreted and enforced in court.
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