Vehicle Code section 22409

No person shall operate any vehicle equipped with any solid tire when such vehicle has a gross weight as set forth in the following table at any speed in excess of the speed set forth opposite such gross weight:
When gross weight
Maximum speed
of vehicle and
in miles
load is:
per hour:
10,000 lbs. or more but less than 16,000 lbs.
25
16,000 lbs. or more but less than 22,000 lbs.
15
22,000 lbs. or more
12

Source: Section 22409, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=VEH§ionNum=22409.­ (updated Jan. 1, 1959; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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