[Silly Little Cars] Motorcycle license not required - CVC 12804.9

[Simon Barber]

I wanted to confirm this and did some research - Google turned this up 
(I read the California vehicle code - this is right):

The confusion begins with how the California Vehicle Code (CVC) defines 
a motorcycle.  CVC Section 400 (a) reads, "a 'motorcycle' is any motor 
vehicle having a seat or saddle for the use of the rider, designed to 
travel on not more than THREE wheels in contact with the ground...".  
Because this definition of a motorcycle includes the wording "not more 
than THREE wheels" most conclude that a M1 endorsement must be required.

If you dig further, CVC Section 12804.9 defines what vehicles can, and 
cannot be operated with a Class C license.  This section specifically 
states that the operation of  a TWO-WHEEL motorcycle or a TWO-WHEEL 
motor-driven cycle" is prohibited under a Class C license thus requiring 
an M1 Endorsemement to operate these vehicles.  Because CVC Section 
12804.9 DOES NOT exclude a "THREE-WHEEL" motorcycle, it can be operated 
with a Class C license.  

The last piece of confirmation comes in the section describing the M1 
Endorsement in which it states that an M1 endorsement is required to 
operate "a TWO-WHEEL motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle."  It does not 
state an M1 Endorsement is required to operate a "THREE-WHEEL" motorcycle.

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