Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2355-A – Six-axle truck weight pilot project
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 2355-A
- Combination vehicle: means a motor vehicle consisting of a truck or truck tractor in combination with one or more trailers or semitrailers. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Semitrailer: includes , but is not limited to, so-called pole dollies and pole dickeys and wheels commonly used as a support for the ends of logs or other long articles. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Tractor: means a motor vehicle used primarily off the highway for farming, forestry or other similar types of activities. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- Truck: means a motor vehicle designed and used primarily to carry property. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
- Vehicle: means a device for conveyance of persons or property on a way. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 29-A Sec. 101
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter to the contrary, for as long as the provisions of 23 United States Code § 127 (a) (11) affording an exemption from the federal vehicle weight limitations for vehicles operating on all portions of the interstate system are in effect, a 6-axle combination vehicle consisting of a 3-axle truck tractor with a tri-axle semitrailer having a maximum gross vehicle weight of 100,000 pounds may be operated on any portion of the interstate system consistent with this subchapter as it applies to the Maine Turnpike. [PL 2009, c. 469, §1 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 469, §2 (AFF).]
For the purposes of this section, “interstate system” has the same meaning as in Title 23, section 1903, subsection 3. [PL 2009, c. 469, §1 (NEW); PL 2009, c. 469, §2 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2009, c. 469, §1 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 469, §2 (AFF).