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While welcoming in the New Year, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is also reminding motorists of some new laws that became effective this year. The following laws went into effect on January 1, 2014, unless otherwise noted.<\/p>\n
Bicycles: Passing Distance<\/strong><\/p>\n AB 1371, known as the Three Feet for Safety Act, will require a motor vehicle driver passing a bicycle that is proceeding in the same direction to pass with no less than 3 feet between any part of the vehicle and any part of the bicycle or driver.<\/p>\n When three feet is not possible, the motor vehicle must slow to a reasonable and prudent speed and only pass when no danger is present to the bicyclist.<\/p>\n Failing to do so can incur a fine, regardless of a collision or not.<\/p>\n This law will take effect September 16, 2014.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Teen Drivers<\/strong><\/p>\n SB 194 prohibits a person who is under 18 years of age from using an electronic wireless communications device to write, send, or read a text\u2013based communication while driving, even if it is equipped with a hands\u2013free device.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Clean Air Vehicle Decals \/ \u201cHOV Stickers\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n AB 266 and SB 286, together extend the sunset date for low emission and zero emission vehicles to operate in high occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) without meeting federal occupancy requirements to January 1, 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Commercial Driver\u2019s License<\/strong><\/p>\n AB 1047 will allow the DMV to conduct the commercial drive test for the holder of an out\u2013of\u2013state commercial learner\u2019s permit.<\/p>\n AB 1047 also modifies the license class definitions to require a driver operating a bus weighing more than 26,000 pounds to hold a commercial Class B license and a driver operating a bus weighing 26,000 pounds or less to hold a commercial Class C license.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DMV Vehicle Registration Pilot Program<\/strong><\/p>\n SB 806 authorizes DMV to establish a pilot program to evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license plates, and registration cards, subject to certain requirements.<\/p>\n It will also enable the DMV to experiment with electronic license plates, as well as facilitate the DMV\u2019s ability to explore cost\u2013effective alternatives to California\u2019s traditional metal license plate, plastic\u2013coated registration stickers, and paper registration cards.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Registration and Vehicle Transfers Between Family Members<\/strong><\/p>\n AB 443 prohibits the transfer of ownership of a vehicle to a relative or a revocable living trust until all parking or toll\u2013violation fines and penalties reported to the DMV are paid by the transferee.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Veterans License Plates<\/strong><\/p>\n AB 244 requires the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) to sponsor a veterans\u2019 special interest license plate and requires the DMV to issue the veterans\u2019 plate if CalVet meets the current statutory requirements.<\/p>\n This law creates, in addition to the current Honoring Veterans design of the Veteran\u2019s Organization Plate, a new program to reissue the Veteran design that was issued prior to January 1, 2010.<\/p>\n These plates are available to all vehicle owners. The Department of Veterans Affairs must secure 7,500 pre\u2013paid applications in order for the department to implement this plate program.<\/p>\n Additionally, the Department of Motor Vehicles will begin the process of implementing AB 60\u00a0\u2014 the new law requiring the DMV to issue a driver license to an applicant who is unable to submit satisfactory proof that he\/she is legally present in the Unites States \u2014 by drafting new regulations and preparing field offices to process new applications. The new law becomes operative by January 1, 2015. The applicant will be required to meet all other driver license qualifications.<\/p>\n We hope you have an enjoyable and safe year, while cruising the beautiful State of California.<\/p>\n -Matt Zarzana<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":5530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[672,668,580,678,673,671,669,676,675,670,674,677],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/california-flag-bear.jpg?fit=370%2C245&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9nnZN-1bD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4565"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5531,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4565\/revisions\/5531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pomonaswapmeet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}