Quiz #4 – California Vehicle Code, Equipment of Vehicles

Hint

“California’s Vehicle Code requires that you do not sell or offer for sale, a vehicle unless all of its safety equipment is in proper working condition.

It does not matter if you tell the Buyer about the defects – this requirement cannot be waived by a Dealer or Buyer.

The Code does not apply when the Vehicle:

• Is sold to another Dealer
• Is being legally wrecked, dismantled
• Used exclusively off-highway
• Is a leased, registered in California, and sold to the Lessee, if they were in possession of the vehicle immediately prior to the sale

Hint

Brakes must stop vehicles within a maximum allowable stopping distance, at 20 MPH

• Passenger vehicles — within 25 feet
• Single vehicles weighing less than 10,000 lbs — within 30 feet
• Single vehicles weighing more than 10,000 lbs — within 40 feet
• All other combinations of vehicles — within 50 feet