California Just Kneecapped the Montana LLC Trick. Dodge the Tax Now and the Bill Follows You Home.
SB 1406, signed Sept. 30, makes members of out-of-state shell companies personally liable for unpaid use tax on cars, RVs,…
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Missouri Driver Beat a Speed-Trap Headlight Ticket in Federal Court. In California, Flashing After Dark Can Still Cost $247.
A Missouri driver beat a speed-trap headlight ticket in federal court. In California, flashing high beams after dark can still…
San Diego State Can Barnacle Your Car After 5 Unpaid Tickets. Your HOA Can’t.
San Diego State can immobilize cars with five unpaid tickets. California Vehicle Code 22651.7(b) bars private lots and HOAs from…
California’s 3-Day Used Car Return Law: Fees, Limits and Loopholes Explained
California used-car buyers now get something the finance office can’t talk them out of: three...
Newsom Signed Four California DUI Laws. One Doesn’t Kick In Until 2031.
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed four drunk-driving bills on September 25. His office’s announcement describes stiffer...
Kentucky Wants Street Racers to Watch Their Cars Get Crushed. The Bill Keeps Dying Anyway.
Kentucky's HB 425 would have let a judge order a street racer's car destroyed. It died April 15. Louisville, Las…
442 People Were Cited for Watching an L.A. Street Takeover. The Law Had Been Waiting Since 2002.
LAPD cited 442 spectators at one Harbor Gateway street takeover. Los Angeles has made watching a crime since at least…
Prosecutors Say a Drugged Driver Killed Two People on an LA Bus. Three More Died Covering the Crash, and She Isn’t Charged for Those. Yet.
Bailee Lynn Rios faces two second-degree murder counts in the Chatsworth Metro bus crash. Whether she's charged for the three…
California Opened the Door to Robot Semis. Most of the Homework Gets Done in Texas.
California's new heavy-duty AV rules demand a million autonomous miles before a driverless semi can deploy, but up to 800,000…
California Opens Its Highways to Heavy Autonomous Trucks, but the Million-Mile Test Has Only Begun
Before anyone pictures a driverless Peterbilt barreling down I-5 at 3 a.m., a correction: robot...
California Just Made CARB’s Silence Mean Yes on Aftermarket Parts
Governor Gavin Newsom signed three car bills on September 16. Two of them got a...
Today in Automotive History: September 23, 2020 — The Order Behind California’s 2035 Gas Car Ban
On Sept. 23, 2020, Newsom signed the order behind the California gas car ban. It never banned a gas car,…
A Waymo Spotted a Rifle, Pulled Itself Over, and Called SFPD on Its Own Riders
Waymo spotted a firearm in one of its driverless cars, stopped it and called police. The cameras, the hotline and…
California Will Yank Your Registration Over a Loud Exhaust Ticket. Yes, Really.
A one-day Orange County crackdown produced 18 loud exhaust citations. The real story is what happens to those tickets after…
California Redesigned Its License Plates. The Math Didn’t Change At All.
California is switching to a three-numbers-three-letters-one-number plate sequence. The math is identical to the old format, which tells you the…