§ 31-25-6 Maximum number and length ofcoupled vehicles. – (a) No combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist of more thanthree (3) units, a truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer. The combination ofvehicles shall not be restricted in overall length, except that when atruck-tractor, semi-trailer, and a trailer are used in combination, the traileror semi-trailer each shall not exceed twenty-eight and one-half feet (28' 6"),excluding bumpers and accessories. Provided, however, that combinations ofvehicles consisting of three (3) units shall be permitted to operate only onthe interstate highway system and on those highways, streets, and roadsdesignated by the director of the department of transportation.
(b) Combinations of vehicles consisting of truck-tractor andsemi-trailer coupled together shall not be restricted in overall length, andsemi-trailers shall not exceed fifty-three feet (53') in length, excludingbumpers and accessories. Semi-trailers exceeding forty-eight and one-half feet(48' 6") shall be permitted to operate only on the interstate highway systemand on those highways, streets and roads designated by the director of thedepartment of transportation. Exceptions to the requirements of this sectioninclude the use of a pole trailer and combinations designed to transport motorvehicles and/or automobiles as authorized in §§ 31-25-7 and 31-25-8.The provision that no combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist ofmore than three (3) units shall not apply to vehicles coupled together by asaddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away servicewhen no more than three (3) saddle mounts are used, and equipment used in thecombination is approved by Part 393.71 of the federal motor carrier safetyregulations, 49 CFR 393.71, and safety regulations of the division of motorvehicles of the department of revenue of the state of Rhode Island as suchfederal and/or state legislation may be amended or revised from time to time.Any owner or operator found deviating from the approval permitted routes shallbe fined a minimum mandatory fine of five hundred dollars ($500), but not morethan one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) The distance from the kingpin of the trailer to thecenter of the rear axle may not exceed forty-one feet (41').
(d) Fifty-three foot (53') trailers shall be equipped with arear end protection device of substantial construction consisting of acontinuous lateral beam extending to within four inches (4") of the lateralextremities of the trailer, and located not more than twenty-two inches (22")from the surface of the road as measured with the vehicle empty and on levelsurface.
(e) Violations of this section are subject to finesenumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
§ 31-25-6 Maximum number and length ofcoupled vehicles. – (a) No combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist of more thanthree (3) units, a truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer. The combination ofvehicles shall not be restricted in overall length, except that when atruck-tractor, semi-trailer, and a trailer are used in combination, the traileror semi-trailer each shall not exceed twenty-eight and one-half feet (28' 6"),excluding bumpers and accessories. Provided, however, that combinations ofvehicles consisting of three (3) units shall be permitted to operate only onthe interstate highway system and on those highways, streets, and roadsdesignated by the director of the department of transportation.
(b) Combinations of vehicles consisting of truck-tractor andsemi-trailer coupled together shall not be restricted in overall length, andsemi-trailers shall not exceed fifty-three feet (53') in length, excludingbumpers and accessories. Semi-trailers exceeding forty-eight and one-half feet(48' 6") shall be permitted to operate only on the interstate highway systemand on those highways, streets and roads designated by the director of thedepartment of transportation. Exceptions to the requirements of this sectioninclude the use of a pole trailer and combinations designed to transport motorvehicles and/or automobiles as authorized in §§ 31-25-7 and 31-25-8.The provision that no combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist ofmore than three (3) units shall not apply to vehicles coupled together by asaddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away servicewhen no more than three (3) saddle mounts are used, and equipment used in thecombination is approved by Part 393.71 of the federal motor carrier safetyregulations, 49 CFR 393.71, and safety regulations of the division of motorvehicles of the department of revenue of the state of Rhode Island as suchfederal and/or state legislation may be amended or revised from time to time.Any owner or operator found deviating from the approval permitted routes shallbe fined a minimum mandatory fine of five hundred dollars ($500), but not morethan one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) The distance from the kingpin of the trailer to thecenter of the rear axle may not exceed forty-one feet (41').
(d) Fifty-three foot (53') trailers shall be equipped with arear end protection device of substantial construction consisting of acontinuous lateral beam extending to within four inches (4") of the lateralextremities of the trailer, and located not more than twenty-two inches (22")from the surface of the road as measured with the vehicle empty and on levelsurface.
(e) Violations of this section are subject to finesenumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
§ 31-25-6 Maximum number and length ofcoupled vehicles. – (a) No combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist of more thanthree (3) units, a truck-tractor, semi-trailer, and trailer. The combination ofvehicles shall not be restricted in overall length, except that when atruck-tractor, semi-trailer, and a trailer are used in combination, the traileror semi-trailer each shall not exceed twenty-eight and one-half feet (28' 6"),excluding bumpers and accessories. Provided, however, that combinations ofvehicles consisting of three (3) units shall be permitted to operate only onthe interstate highway system and on those highways, streets, and roadsdesignated by the director of the department of transportation.
(b) Combinations of vehicles consisting of truck-tractor andsemi-trailer coupled together shall not be restricted in overall length, andsemi-trailers shall not exceed fifty-three feet (53') in length, excludingbumpers and accessories. Semi-trailers exceeding forty-eight and one-half feet(48' 6") shall be permitted to operate only on the interstate highway systemand on those highways, streets and roads designated by the director of thedepartment of transportation. Exceptions to the requirements of this sectioninclude the use of a pole trailer and combinations designed to transport motorvehicles and/or automobiles as authorized in §§ 31-25-7 and 31-25-8.The provision that no combination of vehicles coupled together shall consist ofmore than three (3) units shall not apply to vehicles coupled together by asaddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away servicewhen no more than three (3) saddle mounts are used, and equipment used in thecombination is approved by Part 393.71 of the federal motor carrier safetyregulations, 49 CFR 393.71, and safety regulations of the division of motorvehicles of the department of revenue of the state of Rhode Island as suchfederal and/or state legislation may be amended or revised from time to time.Any owner or operator found deviating from the approval permitted routes shallbe fined a minimum mandatory fine of five hundred dollars ($500), but not morethan one thousand dollars ($1,000).
(c) The distance from the kingpin of the trailer to thecenter of the rear axle may not exceed forty-one feet (41').
(d) Fifty-three foot (53') trailers shall be equipped with arear end protection device of substantial construction consisting of acontinuous lateral beam extending to within four inches (4") of the lateralextremities of the trailer, and located not more than twenty-two inches (22")from the surface of the road as measured with the vehicle empty and on levelsurface.
(e) Violations of this section are subject to finesenumerated in § 31-41.1-4.
