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§47-14-101.
§47-14-101.
A. It is a misdemeanor for any person to drive or move or for the
owner to cause or knowingly permit to be driven or moved on any
highway any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight exceeding the
limitations stated in this chapter or otherwise in violation of this
chapter, and the maximum size and weight of vehicles herein specified
shall be lawful throughout this state and local authorities shall have
no power or authority to alter said limitations except as express
authority may be granted in this chapter.
B. The provisions of this chapter governing size, weight and load
shall not apply to fire apparatus, Department of Transportation
research testing equipment, vehicles used by retail implement dealers
while hauling implements of husbandry or to implements of husbandry,
including farm tractors, temporarily moved upon a highway, or to a
vehicle operated under the terms of a special permit issued as herein
provided.
C. All size, weight and load provisions covered by this chapter shall
be subject to the limitations imposed by Title 23, United States Code,
Section 127, and such other rules and regulations developed herein.
Provided further that any size and weight provision authorized by the
United States Congress for use on the National System of Interstate
and Defense Highways, including but not limited to height, axle
weight, gross weight, combinations of vehicles or load thereon shall
be authorized for immediate use on such segments of the National
System of Interstate and Defense Highways and any other highways or
portions thereof as designated by the Transportation Commission or
their duly authorized representative.
D. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this state as
provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, other than a vehicle
permitted solely for overweight movement, shall be moved only during
daylight hours. As used in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title,
"daylight hours" shall mean one-half (1/2) hour before sunrise to
one-half (1/2) hour after sunset.
E. 1. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this state
as provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall not be moved
at any time on the following holidays:
a. New Year's Day (January 1),
b. Memorial Day (the last Monday in May),
c. The Fourth of July (Independence Day),
d. Labor Day (the first Monday in September),
e. Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Thursday in November),
f. The day following Thanksgiving Day (the fourth Friday in November),
g. Christmas Eve (December 24),
h. Christmas Day (December 25), and
i. New Year's Eve (December 31).
For the purposes of the prohibition of movement on holidays as
prescribed in this paragraph, the holidays listed above shall be
deemed to begin at twelve o'clock noon on the day preceding the
holiday and continue through the holiday named above.
2. Any vehicle permitted for movement on the highways of this state as
provided in Section 14-101 et seq. of this title shall be allowed to
move on the following holidays:
a. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday (the third Monday in January),
b. President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday (the third
Monday in February), and
c. Veteran's Day (November 11).
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