EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK

C. BASIC DRIVING REQUIREMENTS 1. BASIC SPEED LAW (22350 VC)

No person shall drive a vehicle upon a highway at a speed greater than is reasonable or prudent having due regard for weather, visibility, the traffic on, and the surface and width of, the highway, and in no event at a speed which endangers the safety of persons or property. 2. MAXIMUM SPEED LAW (22406 VC) No person shall drive a school bus transporting any school pupil on a highway at a speed in excess of 55 miles per hour. This law applies even on highways which are posted at 65 miles per hour. 3. MINIMUM SPEED LAW (21656 VC) On a two-lane highway where passing is unsafe because of traffic in the opposite direction or other conditions, a slow-moving vehicle behind which five (5) or more vehicles are formed in line, shall turn off the roadway at the nearest place designated as a turnout by signs erected by the authority having jurisdiction over the highway, or whenever sufficient area for a safe turnout exists, in order to permit the vehicle following it to proceed. A slow-moving vehicle is one which is proceeding at a rate of speed less than the normal flow of traffic at the particular time and place. 4. SLOW-MOVING VEHICLES (21654 VC) Notwithstanding the prima facie speed limits, and vehicle proceeding upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed proceeding upon a highway at a speed less than the normal speed of the traffic moving in the same direction at such time shall be driven in the right-hand lane of traffic or as close as practicable to the right-hand edge or curb, except when over-taking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction or when preparing for a left turn at an intersection or into a private road or driveway. 5. DESIGNATED LANES (21655 B VC) A school bus transporting any pupil shall be driven in the lane or lanes designated whenever signs have been erected giving notice of such designation. When specific lanes have not been so designated, any such vehicle shall be driven in the right hand lane for traffic or as close as practicable to the right edge or curb. If however, specific lanes have not been designated on a divided highway having four (4) or more clearly marked lanes for traffic in one direction, any such vehicle may also be driven in the lane to the immediate left of such right-hand lane, unless otherwise prohibited under the provisions of the vehicle code. When overtaking and passing another vehicle proceeding in the same direction, such drivers shall use either the designated lane, the lane to the immediate left of the right-hand lane, or the right hand lane for traffic as permitted under the provisions of the vehicle code. This section shall not apply to a driver who is in the process of entering into or exiting from a highway or to a driver who must necessarily drive in a lane other than the right-hand lane to continue on the intended route. 6. PASSING ON GRADES (21758 VC) In the event any vehicle is being operated on any grade outside of a business or residence district at a speed of less than 20 miles per hour, no person operating any other motor vehicle shall attempt to overtake and pass such slow moving vehicle unless the overtaking vehicle is operated at a speed of at least 10 miles per hour in

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Revised 8/14/2024