If the vehicle involved was a driverless runaway vehicle and was parked with the express or implied permission of the registered owner, the registered owner of the vehicle shall be construed to have been the driver of the vehicle for the purposes of this chapter.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 1409.)

Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 16001

  • driver: is a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 305
  • owner: is a person having all the incidents of ownership, including the legal title of a vehicle whether or not such person lends, rents, or creates a security interest in the vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 460
  • registered owner: is a person registered by the department as the owner of a vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 505
  • vehicle: is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See California Vehicle Code 670
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