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23 V.S.A. § 1302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1302. Rubber tires on trucks; number of trailers

§ 1302. Rubber tires on trucks; number of trailers|(a) Motor trucks shall be equipped with rubber tires.(b) Not more than one trailer shall be attached to one motor truck. However, two vehicles may be towed in driveaway-towaway operations, including double saddlemount, if the operations conform with the safety regulations of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration relative to coupling devices and towing methods as set forth in 49 C.F.R. §§ 393.70 and 393.71, as amended. As used in this section, "driveaway-towaway operations" means any operation in which any motor vehicle or motor vehicles, new or used, constitute the commodity being transported, when one set or more of wheels of any such motor vehicle or motor vehicles are off the roadway during the course of transportation, whether or not any such motor vehicle furnishes the motive power.(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, on the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways and those classes of qualifying Federal-aid Primary System highways as designated by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation, commercial motor vehicle combinations consisting of a truck tractor and two trailing units may be operated with the approval of the Vermont Secretary of Transportation. (Amended 1963, No. 62, § 1, eff. April 30, 1963; 1983, No. 74, § 1, eff. April 28, 1983; 1983, No. 102 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 200; 2021, No. 20, § 244.)
23 V.S.A. § 1303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1303. Flares required

§ 1303. Flares required|A person shall not operate a motor truck, except those registered at pleasure car rates and those registered with a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 10,001 pounds, with or without a trailer or semi-trailer attached, or a motor bus, upon a highway outside the lighted area of a town or city, unless there shall be carried in such vehicle, ready at all hours for instant use, three electric flares or three reflector type flares of a type approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles. However, if the vehicle is used in the transportation of hazardous material as defined in 5 V.S.A. § 2001(a)(1), three electric flares or three reflector type flares of a type specified in this section shall be carried. (Amended 1981, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2001, No. 141 (Adj. Sess.), § 32, eff. June 21, 2002.)
23 V.S.A. § 1304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1304. Use

§ 1304. Use|If such vehicle is disabled so that it is necessary that it remain on the roadway or shoulder of the highway, the driver or other person in charge of such vehicle shall cause operating flares to be placed upon the roadway or shoulder of the highway, one approximately 100 feet in front of such vehicle, one approximately 100 feet to the rear, and one on the traffic side of the vehicle. Such flares shall remain in place until such vehicle is removed from the roadway or shoulder. (Amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; 1981, No. 156 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
23 V.S.A. § 1305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1305. Mirror required

§ 1305. Mirror required|All motor trucks and motor vehicles towing a trailer or semi-trailer shall be equipped with a mirror not less than five inches in diameter or with less than 25 square inches of reflective area so attached that the driver shall at all times have a reflected view of other vehicles approaching from the rear. The mirror shall be attached in a manner that complies with the width requirements of section 1431 of this title. The extended rear-view mirror shall be retracted or removed when not towing a trailer or semi-trailer. (Amended 2001, No. 18, § 1, eff. May 8, 2001.)
23 V.S.A. § 1306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1306. Rear wheel flaps

§ 1306. Rear wheel flaps|No person may operate or cause to be operated any bus, truck, trailer, or semi-trailer upon any highway in this State unless the bus, truck, trailer, or semi-trailer is equipped with suitable metal protectors or substantial flexible flaps behind the rearmost wheels to prevent, as far as practicable, the wheels from throwing dirt, water, or any other materials on the windshields of vehicles following or approaching. The flaps shall be of a type and size as specified by the Department of Motor Vehicles. However, this section shall not apply to farm tractors or pole trailers. (1959, No. 105, §§ 1, 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1959; amended 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 32.)
23 V.S.A. § 1308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1308. Performance ability of brakes

§ 1308. Performance ability of brakes|(a) The service brakes upon any motor truck, truck, and tractor or combination of vehicles shall be adequate to stop such vehicle or vehicles when traveling 20 miles per hour within a distance of 30 feet when upon dry asphalt or concrete pavement surface free from loose material where the grade does not exceed one percent.(b) Under the conditions contained in subsection (a) of this section, the hand brake shall be adequate to hold such vehicle or vehicles stationary on any grade upon which it is operated.(c) All braking distances specified in this section shall apply to all vehicles mentioned, whether such vehicles are not loaded or are loaded to the maximum capacity permitted.(d) All brakes shall be maintained in good working order and shall be so adjusted as to operate as equally as practicable with respect to the wheels on opposite sides of the vehicle. (Added 1963, No. 206, § 3; amended 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 201.)
23 V.S.A. § 1341
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1341. Trailer coaches- Safety chain

§ 1341. Trailer coaches- Safety chain|In addition to a hitch, trailer coaches shall be secured to the towing vehicle, while in operation on any highway, by a safety chain. The hitch on any motor vehicle towing a trailer coach and the corresponding coupling on such coach and such safety chain shall be adequate to ensure the public safety.
23 V.S.A. § 1342
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1342. Fire extinguisher

§ 1342. Fire extinguisher|There shall be carried on each trailer coach at least one fire extinguisher of a type approved by the State Fire Marshal, in good usable condition and easily accessible. The extinguisher shall be of not less than five pounds capacity, if it is of a CO2 type, and not less than two and one-half pounds capacity, if it is of a dry chemical type. (Amended 1969, No. 38.)
23 V.S.A. § 1344
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1344. Riding in trailer coaches

§ 1344. Riding in trailer coaches|No person may occupy a trailer coach while it is being moved upon a public highway. (Added 1969, No. 31, § 2.)
23 V.S.A. § 1361
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1361. Lights on vehicles other than motor vehicles

§ 1361. Lights on vehicles other than motor vehicles|Every vehicle on wheels or runners, whether stationary or in motion on a public highway, shall have attached to it a light that shall be so displayed as to be clearly visible from the front and rear during the period from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise. However, this section shall not apply to a vehicle that is designed to be propelled by hand. During the same period, towed or trailing vehicles, farm machinery, or other equipment, whether stationary or in motion on a public highway, shall have attached to them a red light or reflector which shall be so displayed as to be clearly visible from the rear, under normal atmospheric conditions, or a reflectorized slow moving vehicle symbol of a standard type approved by the Commissioner. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to affect any statute, rule, or regulation requiring lights on motor vehicles and the obligation of the owner or operator thereof. The driver of a vehicle shall be deemed the responsible party, liable to the penalty for violation hereof. (Amended 1966, No. 38 (Sp. Sess.), § 4; 1971, No. 228 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)
23 V.S.A. § 1362
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1362. Night operation

§ 1362. Night operation|Farm tractors, motorized highway building equipment, and road-making appliances when operated upon a public highway during the period from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise shall comply with the requirements of this title relating to head lamp and taillight requirements.
23 V.S.A. § 1391
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1391. Tire and axle limits

§ 1391. Tire and axle limits|(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person or corporation shall not operate or cause to be operated a tractor, trailer, semi-trailer, motor truck, or any other motor vehicle without sufficient weight maintained upon the front axle of such vehicle to make such vehicle safe in operation, nor shall the maximum load on any axle of such vehicle exceed a gross weight of more than 600 pounds per inch of tire width computed in conformity with the manufacturer's designated width.(b) No single axle load shall be in excess of 22,400 pounds and a 10 percent tolerance shall be allowed on each single axle load, nor shall any tandem axle load be in excess of 36,000 pounds, with a 10 percent tolerance allowed, except in the case of such vehicles owned by persons to whom special permits shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 1400 of this title.(c) Unless federal law authorizes the axle load limits, tolerances, or both, provided for in subsection (b) of this section to apply on those highways designated as the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, no single axle load on those highways shall be in excess of 20,000 pounds with no tolerance allowed, nor shall any tandem axle load be in excess of 34,000 pounds, with no tolerance allowed, except in the case of vehicles owned by persons to whom special permits have been issued in accordance with section 1400 of this title. (Amended 1963, No. 206, § 4; 1964, No. 4 (Sp. Sess.), eff. Feb. 27, 1964; 1971, No. 226 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 1977, No. 41, § 1, eff. April 19, 1977; 1983, No. 86, § 1; 1991, No. 72, § 4; 2009, No. 63 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Jan. 13, 2010; 2009, No. 63 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, see effective date note; 2011, No. 23, § 1, eff. May 11, 2011; 2021, No. 20, § 245.)
23 V.S.A. § 1392a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1392a. Authority of Commissioner to delegate permitting functions

§ 1392a. Authority of Commissioner to delegate permitting functions|The Commissioner may delegate any person as his or her agent to perform the duties set forth in sections 1392, 1400 through 1404, 1406, 1415, and 1431 of this title with respect to permits. (Added 1995, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. April 25, 1996.)
23 V.S.A. § 1393
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1393. Weight limits in cities; adoption by towns or incorporated villages of State limits; limits on class 1 town highways

§ 1393. Weight limits in cities; adoption by towns or incorporated villages of State limits; limits on class 1 town highways|(a)(1) On all highways in a city, the legal load shall be as prescribed for the State Highway System in section 1392 of this title, unless otherwise restricted and posted by the local authorities as provided in this subchapter.  (2) With the approval of the Secretary of Transportation, the legislative body of a town or incorporated village may designate any highway under its jurisdiction to carry the same legal load as specified in section 1392 of this title for the State Highway System. When a certain highway has been so approved by the Secretary and the legislative body as to the legal load limit, then the Secretary shall have the highway posted for the legal load limit. (3) Except as provided in subdivision 1392(1) of this title, State Highway System weight limits as specified in section 1392 of this title shall apply to class 1 town highways.   (b) [Repealed.](c) [Repealed.]  (Added 1991, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 27, 1992; 1993, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 1995, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2015, No. 47, § 32; 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. Jan. 1, 2019.)
23 V.S.A. § 1394
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1394. Designation of class 1 town highways

§ 1394. Designation of class 1 town highways|The class 1 town highways connecting the State highways through cities, villages, or municipalities shall be designated by the State Transportation Board and marked by the State Secretary of Transportation. The State Secretary of Transportation shall have signs erected on each road that leads off the State Highway System stating the legal load of the highway leading from the State Highway System. (Amended 1975, No. 7, eff. Feb. 14, 1975.)
23 V.S.A. § 1396
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1396. Special limits for bridges and highways

§ 1396. Special limits for bridges and highways|(a) When, in the opinion of the Secretary of Transportation, a highway or bridge on the State Highway System or class 1 town highway, or when, in the opinion of the legislative body of a municipality, any class 2, 3, or 4 town highway or bridge under the jurisdiction of the municipality may be varied from the weight limit specified in section 1392 of this title, then the Secretary of Transportation for the State Highway System or the legislative body may designate the legal load limit for the highway or bridge. However, when the legislative body of a municipality requests in writing, the Secretary of Transportation may set the weight limit on a class 1 town highway at less than the State highway limit under section 1392 of this title, if a reasonable alternative route is available for those vehicles traveling at the State highway limit.(b) In making the determination as to whether a reasonable alternative route is available, the Secretary of Transportation shall, at a minimum, consider the following factors:  (1) whether the alternative routing will reduce or relieve traffic congestion in a downtown area; (2) whether the alternative routing will enhance safety; (3) the length of the alternative route, and any increase in time made necessary by use of the alternative route; (4) whether an adverse effect has been created relative to the quiet enjoyment and property values of persons living along the alternative route.   (c) Any decision of the Secretary made under this section may be appealed, in writing, to the Transportation Board within 30 days of the Secretary's decision. The Transportation Board shall decide the question within 45 days of receipt of the appeal and may take evidence or testimony. Except as otherwise provided, the designated legal load limit for the highway or bridge shall not be less than 20,000 pounds for a single traction engine, tractor, trailer, motor truck, or other motor vehicle for the State system or any class 1 or 2 town highway nor less than 16,000 pounds for any other town highway. (Amended 1993, No. 61, § 27, eff. June 3, 1993; 1993, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 1995, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2019, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 203.)
23 V.S.A. § 1397
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1397. Signs

§ 1397. Signs|(a) When the weight limit on a highway or bridge has been adjusted by the Secretary of Transportation, the selectboard of a town, the trustees of an incorporated village, or the city council of a city, as to the legal load limit, then the Secretary, selectboard, trustees, or city council shall have each restricted highway or bridge posted for the legal load limit permitted. The notices shall be of a permanent nature and shall be placed at each end of each restricted highway in each town, village, or city affected or on the approaches to each restricted bridge. The notices shall state the legal load limit permitted to be operated over the highway or bridge.(b) The notices specified in subsection (a) of this section may be omitted when the restricted highway is a class 4 town highway or a class 3 town highway serving only one residence. (Amended 1991, No. 214 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 27, 1992; 1993, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 4; 1995, No. 73 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
23 V.S.A. § 1398
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1398. Certified statement to be filed

§ 1398. Certified statement to be filed|A certified statement shall be filed with the clerk in each town, village, or city in which the posting occurs, as provided in section 1397 of this title, stating the location of the highway or bridge posted, the legal load limit to which such highway or bridge is restricted, and the date of posting. If such restriction is removed at any time by the Secretary of Transportation, selectboard, trustees, or city council, a similar certified statement of the removal shall be filed with the clerk of the town, village, or city as the case may be.
23 V.S.A. § 1399
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1399. Exceptions for construction and maintenance equipment; fire apparatus; and heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles

§ 1399. Exceptions for construction and maintenance equipment; fire apparatus; and heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles|(a) As used in this section, "heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicle" means a vehicle that:  (1) is transporting a disabled vehicle from the place where the vehicle became disabled to the nearest appropriate repair facility; and (2) has a gross vehicle weight that is equal to or exceeds the gross vehicle weight of the disabled vehicle being transported.   (b) Nothing contained in sections 1391-1398 of this title shall restrict the weight of:  (1) Snow plows, road machines, oilers, traction engines, tractors, rollers, power shovels, dump wagons, trucks, or other construction or maintenance equipment when used by any town, incorporated village, city, or the State in the construction or the maintenance of any highway, provided that such construction or maintenance is performed by persons employed by or under contract with such town, incorporated village, city, or the State for this purpose. However, any operation of motorized highway building equipment or road making appliances used in construction work contracted by a town, incorporated village, city, or the State shall be unrestricted as to weight only within a construction area. (2) Municipal and volunteer fire apparatus. (3) Heavy-duty tow and recovery vehicles on the Dwight D. Eisenhower System of Interstate and Defense Highways. (Amended 1991, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.); 2019, No. 149 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. July 13, 2020.)
23 V.S.A. § 1400
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 23 - Motor Vehicles|Chapter 13 - Operation of Vehicles|§ 1400. Permit to operate in excess of weight and size limits; State highways

§ 1400. Permit to operate in excess of weight and size limits; State highways|(a) A person or corporation owning or operating a traction engine, tractor, trailer, motor truck, or other motor vehicle that desires to operate it over State highways or class 1 town highways in excess of the weight and size limits provided by this subchapter shall apply to the Commissioner for a permit. In his or her discretion, with or without hearing, the Commissioner may issue to the person or corporation a permit authorizing the person to operate the traction engine, tractor, trailer, motor truck, or other motor vehicle upon State highways and class 1 town highways as he or she may designate and containing the regulation subject to which the traction engine, tractor, trailer, motor truck, or other motor vehicle is to be operated. The permit shall not be granted until satisfactory proof is furnished to the Commissioner that the traction engine, tractor, trailer, motor truck, or other motor vehicle has been registered and the prescribed fee paid for a gross weight equal to a maximum legal load limit for its class. No additional registration fee shall be payable to authorize the use of the traction engine, tractor, trailer, motor truck, or other motor vehicle in accordance with the terms of the permit. The approval may be withdrawn for cause, and may be withdrawn without cause any time after March 31 next following the date of issuance. When approval is withdrawn for cause or on March 31, the Commissioner shall forthwith revoke the permit; when approval is withdrawn otherwise, he or she shall revoke the permit within one month.(b) The provisions of this section shall apply to any vehicle registered in another state, provided the vehicle meets all weight and size requirements of this State and is registered or holds a permit in the other state for the weight that the permit is sought.(c) In addition, the Commissioner may issue permits to operate vehicles in excess of the size limits provided by this subchapter for operation over any class 2, class 3, or class 4 town highways except when the dimensions are such that blanket permits cannot be issued under the duly adopted rules of the Commissioner. In those instances, permits under section 1400a of this title shall be obtained.(d) [Repealed.](e) Notwithstanding any other statute or rule to the contrary, overweight permits shall not be issued to vehicles registered in another state or province, unless that state or province issues similar permits on a reciprocal basis to vehicles registered in Vermont. (Amended 1961, No. 281, § 6; 1969, No. 212 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 25, 1970; 1975, No. 232 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. April 7, 1976; 1987, No. 91, § 8, eff. June 22, 1987; 1989, No. 121, § 20d; 1993, No. 27, § 7, eff. May 19, 1993; 1993, No. 186 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 1995, No. 119 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. April 25, 1996; 1999, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 2013, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 18; 2015, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 73.)