Source: http://delcode.delaware.gov/sessionlaws/ga126/chp384.shtml
Timestamp: 2014-09-16 07:25:18
Document Index: 432625464

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 4501', '§ 4502', '§4502', '§ 4502', '§ 4502', '§ 4502', '§ 4503', '§ 4503', '§ 4503', '§ 103']

Section 1. Amend Chapter 45, Title 21, Delaware Code, by adding the following sentence to § 4501:
"Nothing in this section shall be construed to invalidate the provisions of S 2151 (a) of this Title."
Section 2. Amend Chapter 45, Title 21, Delaware Code, by striking from § 4502 (b) the words "unladen or with load" as they appear therein and substituting in lieu thereof the words "including any load thereon."
Section 3. Amend Chapter 45, Title 21, Delaware Code, by deleting §4502 (c) in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new § 4502 (c) as follows:
(c) No single motor vehicle, including the load thereon, shall exceed forty (40) feet in length, inclusive of front and rear bumpers and no other vehicle or combination of vehicles, including the load thereon, shall exceed fifty-five (55) feet in length, inclusive of front and rear bumpers, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(1) A truck tractor and semi-trailer combination, engaged in the transportation of motor vehicles, shall not exceed a length of sixty-five (65) feet, inclusive of front and rear bumpers, but this limitation shall be exclusive of the overhang of the transported vehicles.
(2) Buses shall not exceed forty-two (42) feet in length.
(3) Vehicles or combinations of vehicles transporting piling, poles or other articles impossible of dismemberment shall not exceed a length of seventy (70) feet.
(4) The combination of a truck tractor, semi-trailer and trailer, including the load thereon, shall not exceed sixty-five (65) feet in length, inclusive of front and rear bumpers.
Section 4. Amend Chapter 45, Title 21, Delaware Code, by deleting § 4502 (d) in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new § 4502 (d) as follows:
(d) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section limiting the length of vehicles and loads, the load upon any vehicle operated alone or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles shall not exceed more than three (3) feet beyond the foremost part of the vehicle; and the load upon any vehicle operated alone or the load upon the rear vehicle of a combination of vehicles shall not extend more than six (6) feet beyond the rear of the bed or body of such vehicle.
Section 5. Amend Section 2121 of Chapter 21, Title 21, Delaware Code, by striking the sixth sentence of paragraph (b) in its entirety.
Section 6. Amend Chapter 45, Title 21, Delaware Code, by deleting § 4503 in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following new § 4503:
§ 4503. Weight of Vehicles and Loads
(a) No axle load shall exceed twenty thousand (20,000) pounds and with respect to any vehicle equipped with coupled axles (commonly called tandem axles) spaced less than forty eight (48) inches apart measured horizontally between their center lines, the combined weight of the coupled axles shall not exceed twenty thousand (20,000) pounds and with respect to a vehicle equipped with coupled axles spaced forty-eight (48) inches or more apart measured horizontally between their center lines the combined weight of the coupled axles shall not exceed thirty-six thousand (36,000) pounds. None of the provisions of this subsection shall apply to, or govern the total or maximum gross weight of any vehicles described or defined in subsection (g) of this section.
(b) The gross weight, including load, of a vehicle equipped with two (2) or more axles without power brakes on each rear hub, shall not exceed twenty-two thousand (22,000) pounds and it shall be unlawful to operate such vehicle in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour.
(c) No trailer equipped with 'metal tires bearing a gross load in excess of six thousand (6,000) pounds, including load, shall be permitted on state highways.
(d) The total gross weight imposed on the highway by any group of two (2) or more consecutive axles of a vehicle or of any combination of vehicles shall not exceed that given on the following table for the respective distance between the centers of the first and last axles of said two (2) or more consecutive axles; provided, however, that none of the provisions of this subsection shall apply to or govern the total or maximum gross weight of any vehicle described or defined in subsection (g) of this section:
Maximum Gross Weight in Pounds for any Group Distance in Feet 2 Axles 3 Axles 4 Axles 5 Axles Between First
36,000 37,000 38,000 39,000
40,000 40,500 41,500 42,000
(e) The provisions of this section are subject to the laws, rules, and regulations of the United States of America, its agencies or commissions which may impose weight and size limitations or restrictions for any vehicles on federal interstate highways which are a part of, and which have been or are constructed pursuant to the act creating the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and no vehicles shall be operated on any such federal interstate highway located in this State with a size of gross weight in excess of that permitted by such limitations and restrictions in force at the time.
(f) It shall be unlawful to operate a vehicle or combination of vehicles in this State that is registered in another State with a gross weight in excess of that for which said vehicle or combination of vehicles is registered for in its home state. In no event shall said vehicle or combination of vehicles be permitted more weight than the same vehicle or combination of vehicles could be registered for in this State.
(g) It shall be lawful to operate a vehicle equipped with three (3) axles, having each of the rear axles equipped with two (2) hubs, with a power brake on each rear hub provided that the gross weight, including vehicle and load, does not exceed sixty-five thousand (65,000) pounds; provided, however, that if there shall be any laws, rules or regulations of the United States of America or of any of its agencies or commissions which impose weight limitations or restrictions for any such vehicles on federal interstate highways which are a part of and which have been or are constructed pursuant to the Act creating the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways described in § 103 (d) of Title 23, United States Code, as amended, (better known as the `Interstate System'), and if such weight limitations or restrictions shall be less than sixty-five thousand (65,000) pounds, then no such vehicle shall lawfully be operated on any such federal interstate highway located in this State with a gross weight, including vehicle and load, in excess of that permitted by such limitations and restrictions in force at the time.