AB 2189 allows a car rental company to verify a renter s identity by comparing the driver s license

The new laws taking effect in 2013 will allow testing of autonomous vehicles on California roads, book luxury new orlando hotels clarify the rules for whether motorists can park at broken parking meters, and modify the law banning electronic device use while driving, according to the Automobile Club of Southern California.
The Auto Club supported the new law because of the technology s long-term potential to improve traffic safety and reduce congestion, said Steve Finnegan, the Auto Club s government affairs manager. Most traffic crashes and their related deaths and injuries are caused by human error. If self-driving book luxury new orlando hotels cars deliver on their promise, traffic collisions could be substantially reduced in the future.
AB 2405 exempts vehicles with special state-issued green and white stickers (all electric, natural gas, and plug-in hybrid cars) from toll charges that single-occupant vehicles pay to access express or HOT (high occupancy toll) lanes.
The Auto Club sponsored SB 1388, which allows motorists to park at broken meters (up to the posted time limit) without fear of getting book luxury new orlando hotels a ticket unless the local jurisdiction provides book luxury new orlando hotels visible and adequate notice of any prohibitions at parking locations. The law, prompted by Auto Club member feedback, book luxury new orlando hotels will clear up the confusing dilemma motorists face when parking at a broken meter: Is parking allowed or not? And it should help drivers avoid unexpected parking tickets.
AB 1536 clarifies existing law by allowing drivers to dictate, send, or listen to text-based communications while driving as long as they do so using technology specifically designed and configured to allow fully voice-operated, hands-free operation.
book luxury new orlando hotels This clarification makes the texting-while-driving ban consistent with the law that prohibits use of cell phones while driving unless the phone is used hands-free. Drivers under age 18 are still prohibited from using any electronic device while driving.
AB 2189 allows a car rental company to verify a renter s identity by comparing the driver s license photograph to the driver renting the vehicle. The measure also allows certain non-citizens whose presence in the United States is authorized book luxury new orlando hotels by federal law to obtain a driver s license book luxury new orlando hotels in California.
AB 2489 prohibits a person from operating a vehicle with a product or device that obscures or is intended to obscure the reading or recognition of a license plate by sight or use of an electronic device (like a toll or red-light camera). The new law also prohibits a person from erasing, painting over, or altering a license plate to avoid visual or electronic capture of the license plate or its characters.
According to the Automobile Club, BMW vehicle owners scored a major victory when Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed SB 750, a BMW-sponsored bill that would have made that manufacturer s temporary book luxury new orlando hotels exemption from the state s key code law permanent.
Sponsored by the Auto Club in 2006, the key code law requires automakers to securely make available to registered locksmiths information that is needed book luxury new orlando hotels to make replacement keys when they are lost or broken. This enables motorists to obtain new car keys 24 hours a day, 7 days a week when and where they need them so that they can get back on the road.
The Auto Club strongly opposed SB 750 to ensure that the key code law protects as many California vehicle owners as possible. In his veto message, Gov. Brown pointed out that the majority of manufacturers quickly complied book luxury new orlando hotels with the key code law and that the 24/7 standard for car key replacement should apply uniformly to all manufacturers.