Existing law authorizes a peace officer or a regularly employed and salaried employee who is engaged in directing traffic or enforcing parking laws and regulations to remove a vehicle when, among other things, the officer arrests a person driving or in control of a vehicle for an alleged offense, and the officer is, by the Vehicle Code or other law, required or permitted to take, and does take, the person into custody.
This bill would additionally authorize a peace officer to remove an electric bicycle operated on the highway that is capable of speeds greater than any speed permitted for an electric bicycle, as specified. The bill would also authorize a peace officer to remove a bicycle operated by a person who (1) is under 16 years of age and is operating a class 3 electric bicycle or (2) is operating, or riding upon, a class 3 electric bicycle without a helmet, as specified.

Statutes affected:
AB 875: 22651 VEH
02/19/25 - Introduced: 22651 VEH