CPOLS – Traffic Law Questions Flashcards
) A passenger, who was being cited for possessing an open container of alcohol, told the officer his true name but said he did not have any identification on him or with him. Without inquiring further, and without having any express basis for thinking the violator was lying, the officer took him into custody under Vehicle Code section 40302, subdivision (a), for “failing to produce satisfactory evidence of identification.” A search incident to this custodial arrest produced contraband. Was the custodial arrest and search proper?
. Yes the custodial arrest and search were proper.
Officer intended to cite a bicyclist (McKay) for riding in the wrong direction on a residential street. Although McKay gave his true name, he had no documentary identification on his person. Without making any further inquiry, the officer took McKay into custody; and, incident to this custodial arrest, the officer handcuffed him, searched him, and found a baggie of methamphetamine in one of his socks. Was the officer’s conduct was legal?
. Yes, the officer’s conduct was legal.
Is this person required to have a driver license? Person driving or operating an off-highway motor vehicle (motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, snowmobile, dune buggy, jeep, recreational off-highway vehicle (Veh. Code, § 38012)) only while directly crossing two-lane highways and at designated locations on multi-lane highways?
This person is not required to obtain a driver’s license.
The licensee must notify the Department of Motor Vehicles within _____ of a change of address and insert the new address on the driver’s license?
10 days
Name the Class of Driver’s License you need to operate. Any single vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 26,000 pounds?
Class B
Name the Class of Driver’s License you need to operate. Any 2-axle vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,000 pounds or less, including when it is towing a trailer or semitrailer with a gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less?
Class C
Name the Class of Driver’s License you need to operate. Any combination of vehicles, if any vehicle being towed has a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds?
a. Class A
True or False. You are allowed to make a vehicle stop for the sole purpose of determining whether the driver is properly licensed?
False
No person shall cause or knowingly permit his child, ward, or employee under the age of ____ years to drive a motor vehicle upon the highways unless such child, ward, or employee is then licensed
18
In the event of death of any person resulting from an accident, the driver of any vehicle involved, if there is no officer at the scene to whom the required information may be given, shall, without delay, report the accident to the nearest office of the _________ or office of a police authority.
California Highway Patrol
