California · Vehicle Code

VEH §15312: A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the following periods: (a) Not less than 60 days if that person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 2800, or Section 21462

Civil

What this law says, in plain English

This statute establishes mandatory disqualification periods for commercial motor vehicle drivers convicted of railroad-crossing violations, ranging from 60 days to one year depending on prior offense history.

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A driver may not operate a commercial motor vehicle for the following periods: (a) Not less than 60 days if that person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 2800, or Section 21462, 22451, or 22452, or subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 22526, involving a commercial motor vehicle and the violation occurred at a railroad-highway crossing. (b) Not less than 120 days if that person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 2800, or Section 21462, 22451, or 22452, or subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 22526, involving a commercial motor vehicle, and that violation occurred at a railroad-highway crossing, during any three-year period of a separate, prior offense of a railroad-highway grade crossing violation, that resulted in a conviction. (c) Not less than one year if that person is convicted of a violation of subdivision (a) of Section 2800, or Section 21462, 22451, or 22452, or subdivision (c) or (d) of Section 22526, involving a commercial motor vehicle, and that violation occurred at a railroad-highway crossing, at a railroad-highway grade crossing, during any three-year period of two or more prior offenses of a railroad-highway grade crossing violation, that resulted in convictions.

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