Title 75, VEHICLES

No motor vehicle or combination shall, when operated upon a highway, have a weight upon any one wheel in excess of 800 pounds for each nominal inch of width of tire on the wheel. Special mobile equipment may be authorized to carry up to 1,000 pounds per nominal inch of tire width…

(a) Gross weight violations.-- (1) Any person driving a vehicle or combination upon a highway exceeding the maximum gross weight allowed by section 4941 (relating to maximum gross weight of vehicles) or the registered gross weight allowed by section 4942 (relating to registered g…

1985 Repeal. Section 4946 was repealed June 19, 1985, P.L.49, No.20, effective in 60 days.

1985 Repeal. Section 4947 was repealed June 19, 1985, P.L.49, No.20, effective in 60 days.

(a) Gross, axle and wheel weights.--No bus shall be operated upon any highway with a gross weight in excess of 73,280 pounds, or with a weight on any axle in excess of the lesser of the manufacturer's rated axle capacity or 22,400 pounds on any single axle. Buses operated upon in…

The weight restrictions set forth in this subchapter do not apply to a combination consisting of any tow truck towing a disabled motor vehicle to a place of repairs or other place of safety as long as the overweight combination travels directly to the first available such locatio…

(a) General rule.--The department and local authorities with respect to highways under their respective jurisdictions may, upon application in writing showing good cause, issue special permits in writing authorizing the applicant to operate or move on specified highways any of th…

(a) General rule.--Permits may be conditioned by limiting the number of trips or by establishing seasonal or other time limitations or geographic limitations including limitations as to prescribed highways or by otherwise limiting or prescribing conditions of operation under the …

When operating within the established construction or maintenance project limits as specified in the highway construction plans or contract documents, no permit shall be required for movement across, upon or along any highway of oversize or overweight vehicles of the department o…

In the event of an emergency or accident affecting the public safety or convenience, the department and local authorities may orally authorize the operation or movement of a vehicle or combination which exceeds the maximum size or weight specified in this chapter provided a permi…

A single permit may be issued for a number of movements across the highway at specified locations within a fixed period of time of vehicles or combinations: (1) exceeding the maximum size or weight specified in this chapter; or (2) used to cross a highway to get from one commerci…

An annual permit may be issued for the movement of a piece of quarry equipment or machinery exceeding the maximum size or weight specified in this chapter across any highway other than a freeway from one part of a quarry to another, or upon the highways other than freeways connec…

1979 Repeal. Section 4967 was repealed July 20, 1979, P.L.168, No.55, effective immediately.

(a) Annual permit.--(Deleted by amendment). (a.1) General rule.--An annual permit may be issued authorizing movement on specified highways of: (1) boats, trailers, mobile homes, modular housing units and undercarriages, helicopters, hot ingots, a hot box, basic oxygen furnace lan…

1993 Repeal. Section 4969 was repealed May 20, 1993, P.L.30, No.10, effective in 60 days.

(a) Utility construction equipment.--A permit may be issued for the duration of a single construction project, but not exceeding one year, authorizing a public utility or its contractors or subcontractors to move oversized or overweight construction equipment across or upon highw…

1992 Amendment. Section 4971 was deleted by amendment December 18, 1992, P.L.1411, No.174, effective in 60 days.

1993 Repeal. Section 4972 was repealed May 20, 1993, P.L.30, No.10, effective in 60 days.

(a) General rule.--A permit may be issued under this section for movement of a mobile home or a modular housing unit that exceeds 14 feet in body width but which does not exceed 16 feet in width. (b) Conditions.--A vehicle, combination or load permitted under this section shall b…

(a) General rule.--An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on highways of containerized cargo which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross or maximum axle weights specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of vehicles). Except as set forth in subsection (b)…

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the hauling or towing of a piece of special mobile equipment which does not exceed nine feet two inches in width on freeways, provided the permitted vehicle or combination maintains a minimum speed of 40 miles per hour. (Dec. 20, 1995, P…

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on highways of domestic animal feed and whole or unprocessed grain, in bulk, which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of vehicles). The weight of any vehicle permi…

(a) Authorization.--An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on highways of live domestic animals which exceeds the maximum gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of vehicles). The weight of any combination permitted under this section …

(a) Authorization.--Except as set forth in subsection (b), all of the following apply: (1) An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on highways to haul eggs to or from a processor by a combination of vehicles which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified…

An annual permit may be issued for the movement on highways of certain wooden structures which exceed the maximum length, width and height specified in Subchapter B (relating to width, height and length), subject to the following conditions: (1) The overall width, including all a…

A permit may be issued for the duration of a single building construction project, but not exceeding one year, authorizing the movement upon specified highways of nondivisible building structural components, such as precast concrete, roof trusses or wall panels, which exceed the …

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on specified highways of particleboard or fiberboard for use in the manufacture of ready-to-assemble household or office furniture which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum…

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on specified highways of refined oil in bulk between a refinery and a distribution facility which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of vehicles). Permits issued u…

(a) Waste coal and beneficial combustion ash.--An annual permit may be issued for the movement on specified highways of waste coal from a refuse pile to a preparation or power production facility or beneficial combustion ash from a power production facility to a reclamation area …

(a) General rule.--An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on specified highways of float glass or flat glass for use in construction and other end uses which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximum weights of vehicl…

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on specified highways of self-propelled cranes which exceed the maximum width, height or length specified in Subchapter B (relating to width, height and length) or the maximum vehicle gross or maximum axle weights specified …

An annual permit may be issued authorizing the movement on specified highways of nonhazardous liquid glue in bulk between a chemical plant and a particleboard or fiberboard manufacturing facility which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating t…

An annual permit may be issued for the movement on specified highways of waste tires and tire derived-fuel, chipped tires, from a refuse pile to a preparation or power production facility which exceeds the maximum vehicle gross weight specified in Subchapter C (relating to maximu…

(a) Authority of police officers and qualified department employees.--A police officer or qualified department employee is authorized to require the driver of a vehicle or combination to stop and submit the vehicle or combination to be measured and weighed. Weighing may be done b…

(a) Violation of weight limitations.--If the gross weight or the weight upon any wheel, tire, axle or group of axles of a vehicle or combination exceeds the maximum allowed, the driver shall reduce or readjust the load so that the gross weight and the weight upon each wheel, tire…

1985 Repeal. Section 4983 was repealed June 19, 1985, P.L.49, No.20, effective in 60 days.

(a) Requirement.--The provisions of this title shall be applicable and uniform throughout this Commonwealth and in all political subdivisions in this Commonwealth, and no local authority shall enact or enforce any ordinance on a matter covered by the provisions of this title unle…

(a) Department.--The department is charged with the duty of administering the provisions of this title and of all laws the administration of which is now or hereafter vested in the department. (b) Local authorities.--Local authorities may exercise the powers granted in this chapt…

(a) General rule.--In addition to the specific powers granted to the department by this title to promulgate rules and regulations, the department shall have the power in accordance with the provisions of the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.769, No.240), referred to as the Commonwealth …

The department shall waive all additional requirements for a highway occupancy permit in a fifth through eighth class county when all of the following conditions exist: (1) The State highway has an overall width of at least 33 feet. (2) Not more than 25 combination vehicles per w…

(a) Forms.--The department shall prescribe and provide suitable forms of applications, certificates of title, registration cards, drivers' licenses and all other forms requisite or deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of this title and any other laws the administration of…

The department may establish by regulation the manner in which traffic and engineering investigations shall be carried out. The department may specify particular actions which require traffic and engineering investigations. No action shall become effective until the investigation…

The department, based upon a traffic and engineering investigation, shall have the power to designate a segment of a highway as a highway safety corridor. (Dec. 23, 2002, P.L.1982, No.229, eff. 6 months) 2002 Amendment. Act 229 added section 6105.1. Cross References. Section 6105…

Litter enforcement corridors shall be designated as follows: (1) The department shall have the power to designate a segment of any State highway. (2) A political subdivision shall have the ability to petition the department to designate a segment of any State highway that is loca…

(a) General rule.--The Pennsylvania State Police may designate any vehicle or group of vehicles as emergency vehicles upon a finding that the designation is necessary to the preservation of life or property or to the execution of emergency governmental functions. (a.1) Exception.…

The department may designate any vehicle or group of vehicles as authorized vehicles upon a finding that the vehicle is used in the performance of public service or governmental functions. Duly authorized vehicles shall be exempted from certain provisions of this title as specifi…