Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22/12/1998

Truck Size and Weight; Technical Corrections

This document amends truck size and weight regulations by changing the definition of automobile transporters to include those transporting towed vehicles and truck camper units and extending the Interstate System axle weight exemption for public transit buses to October 1, 2003, as provided by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Pub. L. 105-178, 112 Stat. 107. Five additional technical corrections are also being made, to add Alligator Alley (I- 75) to the National Network (NN) listing in Florida; clarify that a State's grandfathered weight limits for divisible vehicles or loads on the Interstate System are permanently vested; clarify that the length of cargo carrying units subject to the freeze in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), Pub. L. 102-240, 105 Stat. 1914, are measured from the front of the first unit to the rear of the last; clarify that the prohibition against an overall length limit on truck tractor- semitrailers or truck tractor-semitrailer-trailer combinations is not affected by grandfathered semitrailer lengths or kingpin settings; and correct the routes available under the ISTEA freeze in Utah for truck- tra