46.2-1109 - Widths of commercial vehicles. - Virginia Statutes

§ 46.2-1109. Widths of commercial vehicles.

No commercial vehicle shall exceed 102 inches in width when operating on anyinterstate highway or on any highway designated by the CommonwealthTransportation Board. The width limitation in this section shall not includerear view mirrors, turn signal lights, handholds for cab entry and egress,splash suppressant devices, and load-induced tire bulge. Safety devices, withthe exception of rear view mirrors, shall not extend more than three incheson each side of a vehicle. The Commonwealth Transportation Board shalldesignate reasonable access to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs,and rest. Household goods carriers and any tractor truck semitrailercombination in which the semitrailer has a length of no more thantwenty-eight and one-half feet shall not be denied reasonable access topoints of loading and unloading, except as designated, based on safetyconsiderations, by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. No reasonableaccess designation shall be made, however, until notice of any proposeddesignation has been provided by the Commonwealth Transportation Commissionerto the governing body of every locality wherein any highway affected by theproposed designation is located.

For the purposes of this section, a commercial vehicle is defined as a loadedor empty motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer designed or regularly usedfor carrying freight, merchandise, or more than ten passengers, includingbuses, but not including vehicles used for vanpools.

(1986, c. 72, § 46.1-328.1; 1989, cc. 645, 727; 1994, c. 456; 1997, c. 773.)