California F350 owners DMV CVRA

Example given is from a truck I’m currently considering purchasing. And based on the informationkatkat provided, it applies to privately owned as well. Bummer. I see f350s on the fwy and streets all the time in Orange County and Los Angeles county and no weight stickers?? And the owners of the f350s I’ve inquired about don’t pay any cvra. Which means they’re not accurately reporting to the dmv intentionally or lack of knowledge on this matter. It’s easy to turn a blind eye on this matter either way because the end result would be pay less fees, but what happens if you get into an accident? Then what. 

• Pickup trucks continue to be registered by the unladen weight and assessed a weight fee regardless of the vehicle’s GVW. The unladen weight of a pickup cannot exceed 8,000 pounds and its GVW rating must be less than 11,500 pounds.

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/handbook/vehicle-industry-registration-procedures-manual-2/commercial-vehicles/commercial-vehicle-registration-act-of-cvra/

If you got these numbers right both trucks require cvra, but if one had 7900 curb weight and gvw 11400 it would not require it. Notice in the text they discuss pickups separately from "commercial vehicles", they have separate rules for all pickups in general. I know it sounds conflicting because first they say "regardless of GVW" and right below they say just this:

Exception: A REG 4008 is not required for pickups with an unladen weight of 8,000 pounds or less.

But seems like they had capped cvra exemption by GVW 11,500 for a puckup and it's published here 

AB-2963 that would have exempt all pickups from commercial fees had failed to advance