[G&R's57GMC]

According to CVC Section 471, pickups are a motor truck by definition, which is required to stop at the scales per CVC Section 2813. However, some California weigh stations have signs stating: "No Pickups." So, if a vehicle meet the definition of pickup in CVC Section 471, it is not required to stop at the scales because of the signs stating: "No Pickups." If the pickup has a GVWR of 11,500 pounds or more, or the pickup bed has been removed and a utility body or flat bed has been mounted, then it no longer meets the definition of pickup in CVC Section 471; it is then a "motor truck" under CVC Section 410 and required to stop at the weigh stations.

The Bold print says it all , the little "or" negates the 11,500# Thats the law. Weather its enforced is up to the officer, and there are a bunch of them all over California. Up here the SB I-5 Cottonwood weigh station went on a rampage for a month and cited everything it could. So .... it can happen.