No door laws
- Thread starter Jeep450r
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JoesXJ
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- Location
- California
Yup, drive my TJ all the time with no doors or top.
5-90
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- Location
- Hammerspace
Probably depends on whether or not the vehicle was designed for removable doors in the first place.
I'll give you the same advice I give everyone else - check your state vehicle codes. In this case, http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc.htm
This will vary from state to state, and that's why no-one can give you a hard-and-fast answer for any given state without looking it up. Some states don't care, some states limit it to OEM removable doors only, and some states may bar driving on the road with doors removed entirely!
I'll give you the same advice I give everyone else - check your state vehicle codes. In this case, http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/vc/vc.htm
This will vary from state to state, and that's why no-one can give you a hard-and-fast answer for any given state without looking it up. Some states don't care, some states limit it to OEM removable doors only, and some states may bar driving on the road with doors removed entirely!
kj139
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- Location
- Yuba City, California
I've been a cop for the past ten years and have never seen, nor heard of a CA law regarding doors (although there are a ton of laws that I have never seen).
5-90
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- Location
- Hammerspace
Yah - and that's why I encourage people to look these things up for themselves.
If you have any sort or vehicle code questions regularly, you can usually buy a copy of the Vehicle Code for your state at your motor vehicles department for a few bucks (here in CA, it's $5. It was $3 in Indiana when I was living there.)
Handy book to have - I usually buy one when I renew (and I get more out of the five bucks I spend on it than out of the twenty I spend on my driver's license...)
JeepFreak21
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- Cameron Park, CA
I searched the vehicle code 5-90 linked for "door" and "doors" and only found 3 occurrences... none of which were relevant. I couldn't think of any other keywords that it might have associated with it.
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jagger
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- Location
- Colorado Springs
I have never been pulled over for no doors, I HAVE, however, been pulled over for not having enough mirrors. You need a rear view mirror in your windshield, and at a minimum, driver side mirror.
At least thats what I was told by CHP.
At least thats what I was told by CHP.
5-90
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- Location
- Hammerspace
Correct - and that applies in most states.
So, relocate the rearview mirror to the front wing when you make the doors removable, and you won't have to worry about it.
But I still advise people in general to buy (or bookmark) their state's vehicle code as a matter of course. I've bought a copy every four years out here for the last twenty, and spending that twenty dollars to date has probably saved me a good ten thousand in fines and hiked insurance for no good reason!
If you're going to have to play their game, you may as well know their rules. Once you do, you can fight back effectively... It's nice being able to point to a section in a State-issued book and have the judge go, "You know, you're right! Dismissed."
The law is you MUST have a drivers side mirror, also if you don't have a windshield mirror or you can't see out of the back with the windshield mirror, then you then must have a passenger side mirror.
kj139
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- Location
- Yuba City, California
Letterman is correct...If no windshield mirror (or ineffective), then you must have both sides.
