Miata Mailing List: February 1995, Message #114
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   From: Robert Holland 
Subject: RE: Parking lights and the CVC: the answer
   Date: Thu, 2 Feb 1995 14:05:34 -0500

>     A few folks did not believe my original assertation that it's illegal
>to drive with ones parking lights only while in California.
>
>Here's the relevant section of the CVC:
>---
>
>CALIFORNIA CODES
>VEHICLE CODE
>SECTION 24800
>
>24800.  No vehicle shall be driven at any time with the parking
>lamps lighted except when the lamps are being used as turn signal
>lamps or when the headlamps are also lighted.
>
>---
>
>I found this by searching the online copy of the CVC at
>http://www.law.indiana.edu/codes/ca/codes.html.
>
>= Dylan Rhodes: Product Manager, Hercules Computer Technology
>= drhodes@hercules.com         http://www.dnai.com/~hercules/

I was told this law is no more as of Jan. 1, 1995. I don't know if
that's true or not. I hope it is. Dumb law.

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Robert Holland (JTBob)
Southwest Fisheries Science Center
Internet: robert@caliban.ucsd.edu
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