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Session Laws, 1951
Volume 603, Page 999   View pdf image (33K)
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THEODORE

R. McKELDIN, GOVERNOR 999


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(c) The gross weight of any motor vehicle or the gross

train weight in pounds of any combination of vehicles
may not exceed the product of the net brake horse power

of the tractive power unit multiplied by 500.

254. (A). NO AXLE LOAD SHALL EXCEED 22, 400
POUNDS, BUT WITH RESPECT TO ANY VEHICLE
CONTAINING COUPLED AXLES THE LOAD FOR
EACH OF SUCH COUPLED AXLES SHALL NOT EX-
CEED 20, 000 POUNDS; AND WITH RESPECT TO
ANY VEHICLE CONTAINING COUPLED AXLES
SPACED LESS THAN 48 INCHES APART MEASURED
HORIZONTALLY BETWEEN THEIR CENTER LINES,
THE LOAD FOR EACH OF SUCH COUPLED AXLES
SHALL NOT EXCEED EIGHTEEN THOUSAND
(18, 000) POUNDS.

(B). NO VEHICLE OR COMBINATION OF VEHI-
CLES SHALL HAVE A GROSS WEIGHT IN POUNDS,
INCLUDING THE LOAD, IN EXCESS OF THAT DE-
RIVED FROM THE FORMULA 850 TIMES (L PLUS
40) IN WHICH L SHALL BE THE DISTANCE IN
FEET MEASURED HORIZONTALLY BETWEEN THE
CENTER LINES OF THE FIRST AND THE LAST
AXLES OF THE VEHICLE OR COMBINATION OF
VEHICLES.

(C). THE GROSS WEIGHT OF ANY MOTOR VE-
HICLE OR COMBINATION OF VEHICLES MAY NOT
EXCEED 65, 000 POUNDS. THE PROVISIONS OF SEC-
TION 254 (B) SHALL BE IN FORCE AND EFFECT
UNTIL JUNE 1, 1953, AT WHICH TIME IT SHALL
CEASE TO BE LAW.

(d) It shall be unlawful and constitute a misdemeanor
for all, any or each or any combination of the following,
that is, person, firm or corporation, co-partnership or asso-
ciation or the agent or servant of any person, firm or



 

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