HB 4335 Text

H. B. 4335

(By Delegate Love)
[Introduced February 3, 1994; referred to the
Committee on Roads and Transportation.]

A BILL to amend and reenact section two, article seventeen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, relating to permitting motor vehicles with a total outside width of one hundred two inches, exclusive of federally required safety equipment, to operate on highways with a minimum lane width of ten feet.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That section two, article seventeen, chapter seventeen-c of the code of West Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be amended and reenacted to read as follows:

ARTICLE 17. SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD.

§ 17C - 17 - 2. Width of vehicles.

(a) The total outside width, exclusive of safety equipment authorized by the United States department of transportation, of any vehicle or the load thereon shall not exceed ninety-six inches, except as otherwise provided in this article: Provided, That any vehicle with a total outside width of one hundred two inches, exclusive of safety equipment authorized by the United States department of transportation, may be operated on any highway within the state designated by the United States department of transportation or the commissioner of the department of highways or on any highway having a minimum lane width of ten feet.

(b) Motor buses and trackless trolley coaches with a total outside width of one hundred two inches, excluding safety equipment authorized by the United States department of transportation, may operate on any highway.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the operation of motor vehicles having a total outside width, exclusive of safety equipment authorized by the United States Department of Transportation, of 102 inches on those state highways having a minimum lane width of 10 feet.

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