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California Vehicle Code Division 12 - Equipment of Vehicles

Chapter 2. Lighting Equipment
Article 7. Flashing and Colored Lights

Table of Contents for Article 7 of Chapter 2 of Division 12 of the California Vehicle Code
Section Number Section Title
25250 Flashing Lights
25251 Permitted Flashing Lights
25251.1 Flashing Lights on Slow-Moving Implements of Husbandry
25251.2 Motorcycles: Headlamp Flasher
25251.3 Turn Signal Warning Lights: Civil Liability
25251.4 Theft Alarm System
25251.5 Deceleration Warning Lights
25252 Warning Lamps on Authorized Emergency Vehicles
25252.5 Flashing Headlamps on Authorized Emergency Vehicles
25253 Warning Lamps on Tow Trucks
25253.1 Warning Lamps: Dismantler's Tow Vehicle
25254 Warning Lights on Vehicles Operated by Personnel of Marshal's Department
25256 Warning Lights on Highway Maintenance Vehicles
25257 Schoolbus Warning Signal System
25257.2 Flashing Lights: Schoolbuses Transporting Disabled
25257.5 Flashing Lights: Schoolbuses
25257.7 Schoolbuses: Additional Lights
25258 Authorized Emergency Vehicles: Additional Lights
25259 Additional Warning Lights on Authorized Emergency Vehicles
25259.1 Disaster Service Workers: Flashing Amber Warning Lights
25259.5 Warning Lights on Red Cross Vehicles
25260 Warning Lights on Public Utility Vehicles
25260.1 Warning Lights on Utility Vehicles
25260.3 Warning Lights on Personnel Aerial Lift Vehicle
25260.4 Warning Lamps: Hazardous Substance Spill Response Vehicle
25261 Warning Lights on County Vehicles
25262 Armored Cars
25263 Warning Lights on House Towing Vehicles
25264 Warning Lights on Coroner Vehicles
25265 Warning Lights on Sanitation District Repair Vehicles
25266 Warning Lights on Levee Maintenance Vehicles
25267 Warning Lights on Pest Abatement Vehicles
25268 Use of Flashing Amber Warning Light
25269 Use of Red Warning Light
25270 Warning Lights on Pilot Cars
25270.5 Warning Lights on Vehicles Herding Livestock
25271 Warning Lights on Pet Ambulances
25271.5 Warning Lamps: Animal Control Vehicles
25272 Warning Lights on Rural Mail Vehicles
25273 Warning Lights on School District Vehicles
25274 Warning Lights on Cable Television Vehicles
25275 Warning Lamps on Trucks With Long Loads
25275.5 Buses: Crime Alarm Lights
25276 Warning Lights on Vehicles Transporting Mentally Retarded or Disabled
25277 Warning Lights on Vehicles Enforcing Parking Laws
25278 Warning Lights: Survey Vehicles
25279 Warning Lights on Private Security Agency Vehicles
25280 Warning Lights on Garbage, Rubbish, or Refuse Vehicles
25281 Warning Lights: Water Tender Vehicles
25282 Warning Lights: Contractors and Construction Companies

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