California Trailer Laws
& Trailer Regulations
California's
laws and regulations for trailers are listed below:  California
Trailer Brake Laws
Every trailer and semitrailer manufactured after 1940 with a GVW of 6,000 lbs. or more and operated at a speed of 20 mph or more must be equipped with brakes; trailers and semitrailers built after 1966 and with a GVW of 3,000 lbs. or more must have brakes on at least 2 wheels; every trailer or semitrailer built after 1982 and equipped with air brakes must be equipped with brakes on all wheels. Every trailer coach or camp trailer with a GVW of 1,500 lbs. or more must be equipped with brakes on at least 2 wheels.
California
Trailer Dimension Laws
Total length: 65 feet (includes bumpers); trailer length: 40 feet (includes bumpers); width: 102 inches (required light, mirrors, or devices may not extend more than 10 inches on each side of the vehicle. Door handles and hinges may extend 3 inches on each side of the vehicle); height: 14 feet.
California
Trailer Hitch Laws
Fifth wheel mechanisms and adapters must be equipped with a manual release locking device.
California
Trailer Signal Laws
The combination of vehicles towing a trailer coach or camp trailer must be equipped with a lamp-type turn signal system. Trailers and semitrailers 80 or more inches in width and manufactured after January 1, 1969, must be equipped with a lamp-type turn signal system. Any vehicle 80 or more inches in width must contain at least 1 amber clearance lamp on each side and at least 1 red clearance lamp on each side, as well as at least 2 amber and 2 red side-marker lamps on each side, and must carry at least 3 red emergency reflectors. Every vehicle at the end of a combination of 2 vehicles must have at least 2 tail lights; trailers manufactured after July 23, 1973 and less than 30 inches wide may be equipped with 1 tail lamp.
California Trailer Lighting
Laws
A motor vehicle towing a vehicle or trailer must be equipped with mirrors on both the left and right side which provide a view of at least 200 feet of the highway.
California
Trailer Mirror Laws
Maximum speed for any vehicle towing another vehicle is 55
mph.
California
Trailer Speed Limit Laws
Maximum speed for any vehicle towing another vehicle is 55 mph.
California Trailer Towing
Laws
N/A.
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