{"data":{"id":"us-ca/veh-15260","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"VEH § 15260","heading":"","body":"(a) Any applicant for a commercial driver’s license who does not successfully complete the air-brake component of the knowledge test, or who does not successfully complete the driving-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with air brakes, shall, if otherwise qualified, receive a commercial driver’s license that restricts the licenseholder from operating a commercial motor vehicle equipped with air brakes.\n(b) To remove the restriction described in subdivision (a) from a commercial driver’s license, the driver is required to make a new application for a commercial driver’s license, and, in addition to any other requirements specified in this code, to successfully complete the air-brake component of the knowledge test prescribed by the department, and to pass the driver-skill test in a vehicle or combination of vehicles equipped with air brakes.\n(c) For the purposes of the driving-skill test and the restriction described in this section, air brakes shall include any braking system operating fully or partially on the air-brake principle.","path":["Vehicle Code - VEH","DIVISION 6. DRIVERS' LICENSES [12500. - 15326.]","CHAPTER 7. Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Program [15200. - 15326.]","ARTICLE 5. Commercial Driver’s License [15250. - 15263.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"57e4521f73df2c63c45cce7934e4fac3698cee412222b27a930db65c57f93422","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/veh-15255.2","next":"us-ca/veh-15263"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}