2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 75 - VEHICLES
Chapter 49 - Size, Weight and Load
4922 - Height of vehicles.

     § 4922.  Height of vehicles.
        (a)  General rule.--No vehicle, including any load, shall
     exceed a height of 13 feet 6 inches. This provision shall not be
     construed to require public authorities to provide sufficient
     vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicles.
        (b)  Buses.--Any bus operated wholly within a municipality,
     where permitted by the municipality, or in more than one
     municipality, where approved by the Public Utility Commission,
     may be of a total height, including load, not to exceed 14 feet
     6 inches.
        (c)  Exceptions.--The provisions of this subchapter governing
     the height of vehicles do not apply to fire apparatus or to
     vehicles used exclusively to repair overhead lights and wires.
        (d)  Penalty.--Any person convicted of operating a vehicle
     with a height greater than 13 feet 6 inches and traveling
     without a valid permit shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of
     $500.
     (Nov. 26, 2008, P.L.1658, No.133, eff. 60 days)

        2008 Amendment.  Act 133 added subsec. (d).
        Cross References.  Section 4922 is referred to in section
     4961 of this title.

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