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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: midnight Target on July 05, 2005, 10:54:39 PM
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Settle a bet...
Can a person receive a citation for running out of gas on the freeway? (Specifically in California).
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If they abandon their car for a long period, yes.
Otherwise I don't believe so.
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Without looking up the law, I think so, but it just isn't enforced that much.
In California, name the two things that can come from your vehicle and not be considered litter?
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Sure, especially if it causes a traffic obstruction.
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Against my better judgement MT, The question burns. Why do you ask?:)
Les
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Up here, you need functioning four ways, and warning devices set 3 car lengths back. Flares, pylons or them triangles.
Oh, and that's only if it's not a contracted tow zone. Then u need none of the above, the towing bill will certainly remind u to top up.
But the only time I've seen tickets issued, up here anyway, is when u pass certain checkpoints where minimum fuel, chains, communication devices, etc, are mandated. Usually in the far north. That's probably due to the cost of retrieving your frozen carcass when u ran outta gas.
mmm, frozen carcass....what I wouldn't give for a taste of winter right now.....just a taste......mmm..
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Settle a bet...
Can a person receive a citation for running out of gas on the freeway? (Specifically in California).
Specifically in florida and specifically on 3 mile bridge going to gulf breeze pensacola it is Illegal to run out of gas or stop to fix a flat tire.
I know that might not settle your bet or it might even create a few side bets but hey that's that.
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That bridge brings back memories for me Guns. Been there a few times in my life. It's a beautiful place.
Never drove out on the old bridge though (fishing pier) cause I knew I wouldn't be able to turn around in the tank of a car I drove back rhen.
Always wondered if the fishing was good there.
Les
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Originally posted by SaburoS
Without looking up the law, I think so, but it just isn't enforced that much.
In California, name the two things that can come from your vehicle and not be considered litter?
Clear water and windshield washer fluid?
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1/2 right. Learned this in traffic school a long time ago. No one guessed it in class.
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Unwrapped food, eg, an apple core?
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Running out of gas, itself, is not a violation of the vehicle code (yet). However, be aware that:
§ 22456. Ice cream vending truck safety
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the Destiny Nicole Stout Memorial Act.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares that motor vehicles engaged in vending ice cream and similar food items in residential neighborhoods can increase the danger to children, and it is necessary that these vehicles are clearly seen and noticed by motorists and pedestrians to protect public safety.
(c) As used in this section, the term "ice cream truck" means a motor vehicle engaged in the curbside vending or sale of frozen or refrigerated desserts, confections, or novelties commonly known as ice cream, or prepackaged candies, prepackaged snack foods, or soft drinks, primarily intended for the sale to children under 12 years of age.
(d) Any ice cream truck shall be equipped at all times, while engaged in vending in a residential area, with signs mounted on both the front and the rear and clearly legible from a distance of 100 feet under daylight conditions, incorporating the words "WARNING" and "CHILDREN CROSSING." Each sign shall be at least 12 inches high by 48 inches wide, with letters of a dark color and at least four inches in height, a one-inch wide solid border, and a sharply contrasting background.
(e) A person may not vend from an ice cream truck that is stopped, parked, or standing on any public street, alley, or highway under any of the following conditions:
(1) On a street, alley, or highway with a posted speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour.
(2) If the street, alley, or highway is within 100 feet of an intersection with an opposing highway that has a posted speed limit greater than 25 miles per hour.
(3) If the vendor does not have an unobstructed view for 200 feet in both directions along the highway and of any traffic on the highway.
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Originally posted by Chairboy
Unwrapped food, eg, an apple core?
Nope, classified as litter.
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Originally posted by SaburoS
Without looking up the law, I think so, but it just isn't enforced that much.
In California, name the two things that can come from your vehicle and not be considered litter?
exhaust, and windsheild washer fluid?
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Originally posted by Leslie
That bridge brings back memories for me Guns.
Me too. I lived there in the late 1980s when some idiot barge driver crashed a barge into it and closed it for 6 months or so. Added almost 1 hour to the commute for some people.
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I caught the ugliest little fish ever fishing off the pier there. I have no idea what it was... it kind of looked like the fish equivlent of the dogs who look like they chase the parked cars.
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chicken feathers
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Spit and windshield washer fluid.
:D
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Hello!!!!!!... isn't hijacking verbotten???
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Originally posted by myelo
Me too. I lived there in the late 1980s when some idiot barge driver crashed a barge into it and closed it for 6 months or so. Added almost 1 hour to the commute for some people.
is this the bridge they replaced with the uh.. Sunshine Skyway? That's a cool looking bridge. Was neat to drive on it when it was first finished.
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(http://mahopa.de/bilder/lustige-forenbilder/thread-hijack.jpg)
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Originally posted by Leslie
Never drove out on the old bridge though (fishing pier) cause I knew I wouldn't be able to turn around in the tank of a car I drove back rhen.
Always wondered if the fishing was good there.
Les
Old bridge(Fishing Pier) is gone, Hurricane Ivan took it.
Now on with your regularly scheduled program.
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Originally posted by SaburoS
In California, name the two things that can come from your vehicle and not be considered litter?
washer fluid, and the driver.
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Originally posted by JB73
exhaust, and windsheild washer fluid?
No and no.
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Originally posted by GreenCloud
chicken feathers
Dingdingding!! Give the man a cupie doll!
Water and chicken feathers are not classified as litter if they come from a vehicle.
Water is the no-brainer, but guessing the chicken feathers ruling was to protect the chicken farmers transporting their birds.
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MT, I am sorry that your thread got hijacked, so I will just go ahead and answer your original question.
Can a person receive a citation for running out of gas on the freeway? (Specifically in California).
I don't know.
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MT, since I was involved in the hijacking I will also apologize and answer your question.
Can a person receive a citation for running out of gas on the freeway? (Specifically in California).
They should.
Because it's dangerous and anyone who can't read a gas gauge shouldn't be driving in the first place.
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So how about them Cubs huh?
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Originally posted by Leslie
Against my better judgement MT, The question burns. Why do you ask?:)
Les
He hates to be wrong.
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MT,
Simple solution to your original question. I'm sure the CHP has an information line. Why don't you call them and ask those who enforce the laws on the highways in California instead of the AH BBS?
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Originally posted by Maverick
MT,
Simple solution to your original question. I'm sure the CHP has an information line. Why don't you call them and ask those who enforce the laws on the highways in California instead of the AH BBS?
A google search worked for me.
There is no California law about running out of fuel on the roads. There is a law against abandoning a vehicle on the roadway and laws against pedestrian traffic on the freeways. In the San Francisco Bay area there is even a free service called RoadOne operated by the California Department of Transportation for people who run out of fuel or have problems on the freeways, due to these vehicles posing a hazard and obstruction to traffic.
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
A google search worked for me.
And Ripsnort worked for me....
Thanks.
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LOL...you ever get the feeling you're being used? :D
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Originally posted by myelo
MT, since I was involved in the hijacking I will also apologize and answer your question.
They should.
Because it's dangerous and anyone who can't read a gas gauge shouldn't be driving in the first place.
Oh come on! E is for EXCITEMENT!