Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 392, Sec. 1.
(a)No motor carrier shall schedule a run or permit or require the operation of any motor vehicle subject to this division between points within a period of time which would do either of the following:
(1)Necessitate the vehicle being operated at speeds greater than those prescribed by this code.
(2)Require the driver of the vehicle to exceed the applicable maximum hours of service.
(b)A logbook of a driver, which reflects a trip or
trips between points within a period of time which would have necessitated excessive speed to complete, shall give rise to a rebuttable presumption that the driver exceeded the lawful speed limit.
(c)For a violation of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), a first offense is punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), a second offense by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500), and a third or subsequent offense by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
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