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189.265 Motor buses -- Height, length and weight limits on designated
highways.
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"Motor bus" shall mean any motor vehicle designed primarily for the
transportation of passengers and having a seating capacity in excess of nine
(9) passengers including the driver, provided, however, that transit authorities
created pursuant to KRS Chapter 96A are exempt from the provisions of this
section.
No person shall operate on any highway, except such highways as may be
designated by the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet pursuant to
subsection (3) of this section, any motor bus which exceeds, including any part
of the body or load, eleven (11) feet six (6) inches in height, forty (40) feet in
length, twenty (20) tons in gross weight, or ninety-six (96) inches in width,
exclusive of any required safety equipment.
The secretary of the Transportation Cabinet, in respect to highways which are
a part of the state-maintained system, by official order may increase the
maximum height of a motor bus to twelve (12) feet six (6) inches and the
maximum width of a motor bus to 102 inches, exclusive of any required safety
equipment and tire bulge due to loads, if in the opinion of the secretary the
increased height and width designated by him is justified by the width of such
highways, provided, however, that any such increase in the width of motor
buses or designation of highways to be used by them shall not, in any way,
exceed the federal law or regulations thereunder or jeopardize the allotment or
qualification for federal aid funds of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Effective:July 15, 1980
History: Amended 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 324, sec. 7, effective July 15, 1980. -Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 139, sec. 1.
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