Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part I - State Police › Chapter 23 - Weights and Standards › Section I-2303 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. For the purposes
				of these rules, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them in
				this Section.
Axle Group
- a combination of two or more
				  consecutive axles considered together in determining their combined load effect
				  on a highway (as tandem, tridum, or quadrum axle groups).
Axle with Single-Mounted Tires
- any single
				  or individual axle which is composed of one tire on each side of the vehicle
				  (as opposed to dual-mounting).
Department
- Louisiana Department of Public
				  Safety and Corrections, Public Safety Services
Designated Truck Routes: (National
				  Network
-
NN)
- highways designated by the secretary of
				  the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development in accordance with
				  the Federal Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982 that includes
				  provisions for truck-semi trailer-trailer combinations and maximum vehicle
				  width of 8 feet, 6 inches.
Domicile
- the fixed, permanent, and
				  principal residence for legal purposes.
Dromedary Unit
- a load carrying compartment
				  on a truck-tractor located between the cab and fifth wheel.
Dummy Axle
- a single axle attached
				  independently to the frame of a vehicle and so designed and placed as to
				  indicate the appearance of and to carry a uniformly distributed load of a
				  normal axle group.
Gross Weight
- the weight of a vehicle and/or
				  combination of vehicles plus the weight of any load thereon.
Individual Axle
- any of the two, three, or
				  four axles which make up the tandem, tridum, or quadrum axle groups.
Interstate Commerce
- trade, traffic, or
				  transportation in the United States:
a. between a place in a state and a place outside of such
				  state (including a place outside of the United States);
b. between two places in a state through another state or a
				  place outside of the United States; or
c. between two places in a state as part of trade, traffic,
				  or transportation originating or terminating outside the state or the United
				  States.
Intrastate Commerce
-any trade, traffic, or
				  transportation in any state which is not described in the term
interstate commerce
.
Length
-the total longitudinal dimension of a
				  single vehicle, a trailer, or a semi-trailer. Length of a trailer or
				  semi-trailer is measured from the front of the cargo-carrying unit to its rear
				  and includes load-holding devices thereon.
Loose Material
-dirt, sand, gravel, or other
				  material that is capable of blowing spilling from a vehicle as a result of
				  movement or exposure to air, wind currents, or weather but shall not include
				  agricultural products in their natural state or wood chips.
Quadrum Axle
-any four consecutive axles
				  whose centers are 40 or more inches but not more than 96 inches apart. A
				  quadrum axle must be designed to equalize the load between the axles.
Single Axle
-any single axle or any assembly
				  of two or more axles whose centers are less than 40 inches apart.
Semi-Trailer
-any single vehicle without
				  motive power designed for carrying property and passengers and so designed in
				  conjunction and used with a motor vehicle that some part of its own weight and
				  that of its own load rests or is carried by another vehicle and having one or
				  more load-carrying axles.
Solid Waste
-includes residential solid
				  waste, agricultural waste, commercial solid waste, construction or demolition
				  debris, garbage, industrial solid waste, trash, white goods, wood waste, and
				  yard trash.
Stinger-Steered Combination
-a truck-tractor
				  semi-trailer wherein the fifth wheel is located on a drop frame located behind
				  and below the rear-most axles of the power unit.
Tandem Axle
-any two consecutive axles whose
				  centers are 40 or more inches but not more than 96 inches apart. A tandem axle
				  must be designed to equalize the load between axles.
Trailer
-any single vehicle without motive
				  power designed for carrying property or passengers wholly on its own structure,
				  drawn by a motor vehicle which carries no part of the weight and load of the
				  trailer on its own wheels and having two or more load carrying axles.
Trunion Axle
-an axle configuration with two
				  individual axles mounted in the same transverse plane, with four tires on each
				  axle, connected at a pivot point which allows each individual axle to oscillate
				  in a vertical plane to provide constant and equal weight distribution on each
				  individual axle.
Trunion Axle Group
-two or more consecutive
				  trunion axles which are individually attached to, and/or articulated, from the
				  vehicle by a weight equalizing suspension system.
Variable Load Suspension Axles
-axles which
				  can be regulated by the driver of the vehicle either through the use of an
				  in-cab valve or switch or by turning a valve on the outside of the truck. These
				  axles are controlled by hydraulic and air suspension systems, mechanically, or
				  by a combination of these methods.
Vehicle
-any device by which a person or
				  things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge. A trailer or
				  semi-trailer shall be a separate vehicle.
Width
-the total outside transverse dimension
				  of a vehicle including any load or load-holding devices thereon, but, excluding
				  approved safety devices and tire bulge due to load.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with R.S.
				  32:380-389.