Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1909.Gross weight limits for vehicles;
exceptions; safety of certain vehicles for operation.
(a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any
highway when the gross weight on two or more consecutive axles exceeds the
limitations prescribed in the following table:
except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load
of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last
axles is 36 feet or more.
(1) The gross weight on any one axle of a vehicle shall not
exceed the limits prescribed in K.S.A. 8-1908, and amendments thereto.
(2) For vehicles and combinations of vehicles on the interstate
system the table in this section shall not authorize a maximum gross weight of
more than 80,000 pounds.
(3) The table in this section shall not apply to truck tractor and dump
semitrailer
or truck trailer combination when such are used as a combination unit
exclusively for the transportation of sand, salt for highway maintenance
operations, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, coal,
blacktop, dirt or fill material, when such vehicles are used for
transportation to a construction site, highway maintenance or
construction project or other storage facility, except that such vehicles
or combination of vehicles shall not be
exempted from any application of the table as may be required to determine
applicable axle weights for triple and quad axles as defined in K.S.A.
8-1908, and amendments thereto. As used in this subpart
(3), the term "dump semitrailer" means any semitrailer designed in
such a way as to divest itself of the load carried thereon.
(b) Any vehicle registered under the laws of this state which
vehicle is designed and used primarily for the transportation of
property or for the transportation of 10 or more persons may, at
the time of its registration, be subjected by the director of vehicles
to investigation or test as may be necessary to enable such director to
determine whether such vehicle may safely be operated upon the highways
in compliance with all provisions of this act. Every such vehicle shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) It shall be equipped with brakes as required in K.S.A. 8-1734, and
amendments thereto.
(2) Every motor vehicle to be operated outside of business and
residence districts shall have motive power adequate to propel such
vehicle and any load thereon or to be drawn thereby, at a speed which
will not impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
Exception to this requirement shall be recognized when reduced speed is
necessary for safe operation or when a vehicle or combination of
vehicles is necessarily or in compliance with law or police direction
proceeding at reduced speed.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
combination of vehicles with a gross weight in excess of the limitations
set forth in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, except
as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto.
(d) As used in this section, "interstate system" means the national system of
interstate and defense highways.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1909; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 48;
L. 1980, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 41, § 4;
L. 1986, ch. 45, § 2; July 1.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1909.Gross weight limits for vehicles;
exceptions; safety of certain vehicles for operation.
(a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any
highway when the gross weight on two or more consecutive axles exceeds the
limitations prescribed in the following table:
except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load
of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last
axles is 36 feet or more.
(1) The gross weight on any one axle of a vehicle shall not
exceed the limits prescribed in K.S.A. 8-1908, and amendments thereto.
(2) For vehicles and combinations of vehicles on the interstate
system the table in this section shall not authorize a maximum gross weight of
more than 80,000 pounds.
(3) The table in this section shall not apply to truck tractor and dump
semitrailer
or truck trailer combination when such are used as a combination unit
exclusively for the transportation of sand, salt for highway maintenance
operations, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, coal,
blacktop, dirt or fill material, when such vehicles are used for
transportation to a construction site, highway maintenance or
construction project or other storage facility, except that such vehicles
or combination of vehicles shall not be
exempted from any application of the table as may be required to determine
applicable axle weights for triple and quad axles as defined in K.S.A.
8-1908, and amendments thereto. As used in this subpart
(3), the term "dump semitrailer" means any semitrailer designed in
such a way as to divest itself of the load carried thereon.
(b) Any vehicle registered under the laws of this state which
vehicle is designed and used primarily for the transportation of
property or for the transportation of 10 or more persons may, at
the time of its registration, be subjected by the director of vehicles
to investigation or test as may be necessary to enable such director to
determine whether such vehicle may safely be operated upon the highways
in compliance with all provisions of this act. Every such vehicle shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) It shall be equipped with brakes as required in K.S.A. 8-1734, and
amendments thereto.
(2) Every motor vehicle to be operated outside of business and
residence districts shall have motive power adequate to propel such
vehicle and any load thereon or to be drawn thereby, at a speed which
will not impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
Exception to this requirement shall be recognized when reduced speed is
necessary for safe operation or when a vehicle or combination of
vehicles is necessarily or in compliance with law or police direction
proceeding at reduced speed.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
combination of vehicles with a gross weight in excess of the limitations
set forth in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, except
as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto.
(d) As used in this section, "interstate system" means the national system of
interstate and defense highways.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1909; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 48;
L. 1980, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 41, § 4;
L. 1986, ch. 45, § 2; July 1.
Article 19.--UNIFORM ACT REGULATING TRAFFIC; SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD OF VEHICLES
8-1909.Gross weight limits for vehicles;
exceptions; safety of certain vehicles for operation.
(a) No vehicle or combination of vehicles shall be moved or operated on any
highway when the gross weight on two or more consecutive axles exceeds the
limitations prescribed in the following table:
except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load
of 34,000 pounds each if the overall distance between the first and last
axles is 36 feet or more.
(1) The gross weight on any one axle of a vehicle shall not
exceed the limits prescribed in K.S.A. 8-1908, and amendments thereto.
(2) For vehicles and combinations of vehicles on the interstate
system the table in this section shall not authorize a maximum gross weight of
more than 80,000 pounds.
(3) The table in this section shall not apply to truck tractor and dump
semitrailer
or truck trailer combination when such are used as a combination unit
exclusively for the transportation of sand, salt for highway maintenance
operations, gravel, slag stone, limestone, crushed stone, cinders, coal,
blacktop, dirt or fill material, when such vehicles are used for
transportation to a construction site, highway maintenance or
construction project or other storage facility, except that such vehicles
or combination of vehicles shall not be
exempted from any application of the table as may be required to determine
applicable axle weights for triple and quad axles as defined in K.S.A.
8-1908, and amendments thereto. As used in this subpart
(3), the term "dump semitrailer" means any semitrailer designed in
such a way as to divest itself of the load carried thereon.
(b) Any vehicle registered under the laws of this state which
vehicle is designed and used primarily for the transportation of
property or for the transportation of 10 or more persons may, at
the time of its registration, be subjected by the director of vehicles
to investigation or test as may be necessary to enable such director to
determine whether such vehicle may safely be operated upon the highways
in compliance with all provisions of this act. Every such vehicle shall
meet the following requirements:
(1) It shall be equipped with brakes as required in K.S.A. 8-1734, and
amendments thereto.
(2) Every motor vehicle to be operated outside of business and
residence districts shall have motive power adequate to propel such
vehicle and any load thereon or to be drawn thereby, at a speed which
will not impede or block the normal and reasonable movement of traffic.
Exception to this requirement shall be recognized when reduced speed is
necessary for safe operation or when a vehicle or combination of
vehicles is necessarily or in compliance with law or police direction
proceeding at reduced speed.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to operate any vehicle or
combination of vehicles with a gross weight in excess of the limitations
set forth in article 19 of chapter 8 of Kansas Statutes Annotated, except
as provided in K.S.A. 8-1911, and amendments thereto.
(d) As used in this section, "interstate system" means the national system of
interstate and defense highways.
History: L. 1974, ch. 33, § 8-1909; L. 1975, ch. 427, § 48;
L. 1980, ch. 45, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 46, § 3; L. 1983, ch. 41, § 4;
L. 1986, ch. 45, § 2; July 1.