No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any solid tire when such vehicle has a gross weight as set forth in the following table at any speed in excess of the speed set forth opposite such gross weight:

When gross weight

Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 22409

  • Person: includes a natural person, firm, copartnership, association, limited liability company, or corporation. See California Vehicle Code 470
  • solid tire: is a tire of rubber or other resilient material which does not depend upon compressed air for the support of the load. See California Vehicle Code 560
  • 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

Maximum speed

of vehicle and

in miles

 load is:

per hour:

10,000 lbs. or more but less than 16,000 lbs.  ……………………

25

16,000 lbs. or more but less than 22,000 lbs.  ……………………

15

22,000 lbs. or more  ……………………

12

(Enacted by Stats. 1959, Ch. 3.)

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