My question involves a traffic ticket from the state of: California
I was recently ticketed by a CHP Officer for CVC 21461(a). I drive a chevy extra cab full size pickup truck with a utility body. It's your basic full size commercial work truck. The officer stated that the section of freeway I was on had signs that said "No Trucks." Apparently, my utility body commercial pickup qualifies as a truck. I disagreed with the officer and told him I was in a pickup and I didnt qualify as a "truck." The code section is so vague.
The text of the code i was cited for indicates that (a) It is unlawful for a driver of a vehicle to fail to obey
a sign or signal defined as regulatory in the federal Manual on
Uniform Traffic Control Devices, or a Department of Transportation
approved supplement to that manual of a regulatory nature erected or
maintained to enhance traffic safety and operations or to indicate
and carry out the provisions of this code or a local traffic
ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to a local traffic
ordinance, or to fail to obey a device erected or maintained by
lawful authority of a public body or official.
I am in the process of writing my case and am looking for a cvc that relates to when is a pick up, a truck. Anyone know of one?
Thanks everyone!

