DIVISION 1. WORDS AND PHRASES DEFINED 100-681
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California Vehicle Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California
A “pilot car” is a motor vehicle, except a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or motorized quadricycle, which is used to escort one or more other vehicles, when required, due to the vehicles’ size or character of load, in accordance with conditions set forth in a permit issued by the appropriate state agency or by a local authority.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 568, Sec. 1.)
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