Seven new California DMV laws taking effect in 2014 are summarized: 1) Bicyclists must be passed with at least 3 feet of distance. 2) Clean air vehicle decals allowing HOV access are extended until 2019. 3) Commercial driver's licenses are affected by changes to weight limits and out-of-state testing. 4) A pilot program explores electronic license plates and registration alternatives. 5) Vehicle transfers between relatives now prevent fines/penalties from being transferred. 6) Teen drivers are banned from texting while driving, even with hands-free devices. 7) A new veterans' special interest license plate program honors those who served.

1. 7 New California DMV Laws
You Need To Know
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2. If You Drive a Motor Vehicle in California
You must know about these 7 new highway
safety and traffic laws that go into effect in
2014:
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Bicycles: Passing Distance – Watch Your Distance
Clean Air Vehicle Decals / “HOV Stickers” – Clean Air Perks
Commercial Driver’s License – A Weighty Issue
DMV Vehicle Registration Pilot Program
Registration and Vehicle Transfers Between Family Members – No Fines,
No Problems
6. Teen Drivers – Cell Phone Spoiler Alert
7. Veterans License Plates – Honoring Those Who Served

3. 1. BICYCLES: PASSING DISTANCE – WATCH
YOUR DISTANCE
• AB 1371, known as the three feet for safety act,
requires drivers 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.

4. 2. Clean Air Vehicle Decals / “HOV Stickers” –
Clean Air Perks
• AB 266 and SB 286, together extend the end dates
for low emission, zero emission vehicles to operate
in high occupancy vehicle lanes (HOV) without
meeting federal occupancy requirements to January
1, 2019.

5. 3. Commercial Driver’s License – A Weighty Issue
• AB 1047 allows the DMV to conduct the commercial drive
test for the holder of an out–of–state commercial learner’s
permit.
• AB 1047 also revises 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.

6. 4. DMV Vehicle Registration Pilot Program
• SB 806 authorizes the DMV to establish a pilot program to
evaluate the use of alternatives to stickers, tabs, license
plates, and registration cards, subject to certain
requirements.
• Also allows the DMV to experiment with electronic license
plates, as well as help the DMV to investigate cost–effective
alternatives to California’s traditional metal license plate,
plastic–coated registration stickers, and paper registration
cards.

7. 5. Registration and Vehicle Transfers Between
Family Members – No Fines, No Problems
• AB 443 prohibits transferring vehicle ownership to a
relative or a revocable living trust until all parking or
toll–violation fines and penalties reported to the
DMV are paid by the transferee.

8. 6. Teen Drivers – Cell Phone Spoiler Alert
• 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–based communication while driving, even if it is
equipped with a hands–free device.

9. 7. Veterans License Plates – Honoring Those
Who Served
• AB 244 requires the California department of
veterans affairs (calvet) to sponsor a veterans’
special interest license plate (available to all vehicle
owners) and requires the DMV to issue the veterans’
plate if calvet meets the current legal requirements.

10. • Implementation of this program requires that the
department of veterans affairs have 7,500 pre–paid
applications in place.
• In addition to the current honoring veterans design
of the veteran’s organization plate, this law creates a
new program to reissue the veteran design that was
issued prior to January 1, 2010.

11. What Do You
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These New
Laws?
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