CALIFORNIA CODES
VEHICLE CODE
SECTION 100-680


231.  A bicycle is a device upon which any person may ride,
propelled exclusively by human power through a belt, chain, or gears,
and having one or more wheels.  Persons riding bicycles are subject
to the provisions of this code specified in Sections 21200 and
21200.5.

375.  "Lighting equipment" is any of the following lamps or devices:

   (a) Any headlamp, auxiliary driving, passing, or fog lamp, fog
taillamp, taillamp, stoplamp, supplemental stoplamp, license plate
lamp, clearance lamp, side marker lamp, signal lamp or device,
supplemental signal lamp, deceleration signal device, cornering lamp,
running lamp, red, blue, amber, or white warning lamp, flashing red
schoolbus lamp, side-mounted turn signal lamp, and schoolbus side
lamp.
   (b) Any operating unit or canceling mechanism for turn signal
lamps or for the simultaneous flashing of turn signal lamps as
vehicular hazard signals, and any  advance stoplamp switch.
   (c) Any flasher mechanism for turn signals, red schoolbus lamps,
warning lamps, the simultaneous flashing of turn signal lamps as
vehicular hazard signals, and the headlamp flashing systems for
emergency vehicles.
   (d) Any equipment regulating the light emitted from any lamp or
device or the light sources therein.
   (e) Any reflector, including reflectors for use on bicycles, and
reflectors used for required warning devices.

405.  A "motor-driven cycle" is any motorcycle with a motor that
displaces less than 150 cubic centimeters.  A motor-driven cycle does
not include a motorized bicycle, as defined in Section 406.

406.  (a) A "motorized bicycle" or "moped" is any two-wheeled or
three-wheeled device having fully operative pedals for propulsion by
human power, or having no pedals if powered solely by electrical
energy, and an automatic transmission and a motor which produces less
than 2 gross brake horsepower and is capable of propelling the
device at a maximum speed of not more than 30 miles per hour on level
ground.
   (b) A "motorized bicycle" is also a device that has fully
operative pedals for propulsion by human power and has an electric
motor that meets all of the following requirements:
   (1) Has a power output of not more than 1,000 watts.
   (2) Is incapable of propelling the device at a speed of more than
20 miles per hour on ground level.
   (3) Is incapable of further increasing the speed of the device
when human power is used to propel the motorized bicycle faster than
20 miles per hour.
   (4) Every manufacturer of motorized bicycles, as defined in this
subdivision, shall provide a disclosure to buyers that advises buyers
that their existing insurance policies may not provide coverage for
these bicycles and that they should contact their insurance company
or insurance agent to determine if coverage is provided.
   (c) The disclosure required under paragraph (4) of subdivision (b)
shall meet both of the following requirements:
   (1) The disclosure shall be printed in not less than 14-point
boldface type on a single sheet of paper that contains no information
other than the disclosure.
   (2) The disclosure shall include the following language in capital
letters:
   "YOUR INSURANCE POLICIES MAY NOT PROVIDE COVERAGE FOR ACCIDENTS
INVOLVING THE USE OF THIS BICYCLE.  TO DETERMINE IF COVERAGE IS
PROVIDED YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY OR AGENT."

467.  (a) A "pedestrian" is any person who is afoot or who is using
a means of conveyance propelled by human power other than a bicycle.

   (b) "Pedestrian" includes any person who is operating a
self-propelled wheelchair, invalid tricycle, or motorized quadricycle
and, by reason of physical disability, is otherwise unable to move
about as a pedestrian, as specified in subdivision (a).

527.  (a) "Road" means any existing vehicle route established before
January 1, 1979, with significant evidence of prior regular  travel
by vehicles subject to registration pursuant to Article 1 (commencing
with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Division 3; provided, that "road"
does not mean any route traversed exclusively by bicycles as defined
in Section 39001, motorcycles as defined in Section 400,
motor-driven cycles as defined in Section 405, or off-highway motor
vehicles as defined in Section 38012.
   (b) Even though nature may alter or eliminate portions of an
existing vehicle route, the route shall still be considered a road
where there is evidence of periodic use.
   (c) A vehicle route need not necessarily be a publicly or
privately maintained surface to be a road, as defined, for purposes
of this section.  Nothing contained herein shall pertain to any
property in an incorporated area or properties held in private
ownership.
   (d) This section is definitional only and nothing contained herein
shall be deemed to affect, alter, create, or destroy any right,
title, or interest in real property, including, but not limited to,
any permit, license, or easement; nor shall this chapter be deemed to
affect the liability, or lack thereof, of any owner of an interest
of real property based upon the use, possession, or ownership of such
interest in real property or the entry upon such property by any
person.
   (e) This section shall only apply in a county where the board of
supervisors has adopted a resolution or enacted an ordinance
providing for such application.

530.  A "roadway" is that portion of a highway improved, designed,
or ordinarily used for vehicular travel.