New Vehicle and Traffic Laws for 2010
The Orange County and California driving laws change frequently and the information provided should not be relied upon as legal advice. Contact an Orange County criminal and DUI defense attorney for legal assistance in all matters of the law.
Orange County & California Driving Offenses and Laws
DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (DUI): IGNITION INTERLOCK DEVICE
VEH 13386, 23576
Creates a pilot-program requiring first-time drunk drivers in Los Angeles, Sacramento, Alameda and Tulare counties to install and use ignition interlocks. Multiple-offense DUI offenders will be required to use ignition interlock devices for longer periods.
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NUISANCE ABATEMENT: IMPOUNDMENT
VEH 22659.5
Authorizes a city, county, or city and county to adopt an ordinance declaring a motor vehicle to be a nuisance subject to an impoundment period of up to 30 days when the motor vehicle is involved in the commission of any one or more of specified crimes related to prostitution or illegal dumping of commercial quantities of waste matter upon a public or private highway or road, if the owner or operator of the vehicle has had a prior conviction for the same offense within the past three years.
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OFF-HIGHWAY MOTOR VEHICLES
VEH 1803, 12810, 38304.1
Allows the Department of Parks and Recreation enforcement officers to cite the adult responsible for supervising a child under the age of 14 who is operating an off-highway vehicle (OHV), if the child cannot reach and operate the equipment controls as required by current law.
Requires a court, upon a first conviction, to impose a fine of $35. It also imposes fines upon a second or subsequent convictions.
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Contact Orange County driving offense lawyer Edward R.Flores
(714) 769-1200
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES
VEH 21809
Indefinitely extends the law requiring a person driving a vehicle on a freeway approaching a stationary authorized emergency vehicle that is displaying emergency lights or a stationary tow truck that is displaying flashing amber warning lights, to approach with due caution, and before passing in the lane immediately adjacent to the stationary vehicle, absent other direction by a peace officer, to move into an available lane that is not immediately adjacent to the stationary vehicle or if that lane change would be unsafe or impracticable, to slow to a reasonable and prudent speed. A violation of those requirements is an infraction.
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DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, RESTRICTED LICENSE APPLICATIONS
VEH 13352, 13352.5, 23109, 23550, 23550.5, 23552, 23566, and 23568
Amends existing driving under the influence laws relative to the procedures to be followed for the issuance of a restricted driver’s license. The period one must wait to request a restricted license in some cases is shortened by as much as nine months if certain conditions are met. Among other things, the conditions are that the person provides proof of enrollment in an 12-month, 18-month or 30-month driving-under-the-influence program, as prescribed.
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Contact Orange County driving offense lawyer Edward R.Flores
(714) 769-1200
The DUI criminal laws of California including Orange County change frequently and the information provided should not be relied upon as legal advice. Contact a DUI criminal defense attorney for legal assistance in all matters of DUI law.
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