2012 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 31 - Motor and Other vehicles
Chapter 31-25 - Size, Weight, and Load Limits
Chapter 31-25-7 - Front and rear extensions of load.
§ 31-25-7 Front and rear extensions of load. – Subject to the provisions of this chapter limiting the length of vehicles and loads, the load upon any vehicle, operated alone or the load upon the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet (3') beyond the foremost part of the vehicle, and the load upon any vehicle, operated alone or the load upon the rear vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than six feet (6') beyond the rear of the bed or body of the vehicle. Violations of this section are subject to fines enumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1950, ch. 2595, art. 35, § 4; G.L. 1956, § 31-25-7; P.L. 2002, ch. 292, § 122.)
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