California Vehicle Code 2436.5 – (a) The department, in cooperation with the Department of …
(a) The department, in cooperation with the Department of Transportation, shall provide training, pursuant to a reimbursable agreement or contract with a regional or local entity, for all employers and tow truck drivers who are involved in freeway service patrol operations pursuant to an agreement or contract with the regional or local entity. Dispatchers for freeway service patrol operations shall be employees of the department or the Department of Transportation.
(b) The training shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
Terms Used In California Vehicle Code 2436.5
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- department: means the Department of the California Highway Patrol. See California Vehicle Code 2101
- driver: is a person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See California Vehicle Code 305
- Freeway: is a highway in respect to which the owners of abutting lands have no right or easement of access to or from their abutting lands or in respect to which such owners have only limited or restricted right or easement of access. See California Vehicle Code 332
- tow truck: is a motor vehicle which has been altered or designed and equipped for, and primarily used in the business of, transporting vehicles by means of a crane, hoist, tow bar, tow line, or dolly or is otherwise primarily used to render assistance to other vehicles. See California Vehicle Code 615
(1) Tow truck driver and motorist safety.
(2) Patrol responsibility.
(3) Vehicle operation.
(4) Traffic control and scene management.
(5) Communication procedures.
(6) Demeanor and courtesy.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 488, Sec. 4.)