The California Highway Patrol (CHP) recently caught a commercial vehicle passenger using a “creative seating solution” in the Tracy area and issued a citation.
On January 24, 2025 CHP’s Tracy Division detailed a traffic stop involving a commercial vehicle at 11th Street Grant Line Road in San Joaquin County, California.
Troopers found the right front passenger sitting on a lawn chair without a seatbelt and issued a citation for violating California Vehicle Code 27315(e), which requires all passengers over 16 years of age to be restrained by a seatbelt, with an exclusion for passengers in the sleeper berth.
CHP warned that the lawn chair seating solution posed a safety risk in the event of a crash:…