NorCalAthlete
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I respectfully disagree.
Working 25 year LEO here, all ready to go and about to start a motor officer assignment, Barf LEO Forum Moderator. But by no means do I claim to be the expert in all things traffic law related.
We are specifically talking about the Ford Bronco, which doors are designed to be easily removed. With vehicles designed without doors, or with easily removable doors, they are exempt from the 214 FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for side impact protection).
https://www.nhtsa.gov/fmvss/side-impact-protection
If you download the final rule document on the NHTSA web site linked above, and scroll down to page 105, that is where the side impact test exemptions begin. Page 112 and 113 covers the exemptions for vehicles without doors and those with easily removable doors.
If those vehicles are exempt from requirements under 214 FMVSS (Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards for side impact protection), and given that there are no specific CVC requirements for doors, I don't see how 24002 CVC (Unsafe Vehicle) can apply to those types of vehicles any more than it can apply to something like a motorcycle when it comes to operating them without doors.
I agree it would apply to most other vehicles, but vehicles like the new Bronco or Jeep Wranglers would be exempt from side impact testing requirements just like motorcycles.
Just food for thought, but if we're "unsafe" to drive a Ford Bronco around with no doors, that's a very slippery slope to outlawing motorcycles. Be careful what you wish for. We just might legislate all fun things away.
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