S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 16, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law, in relation to dimensions
and weights of vehicles
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic
law, as amended by chapter 1008 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read
as follows:
10. A single vehicle or a combination of vehicles having three axles
or more and equipped with pneumatic tires, when loaded, may have a total
weight on all axles not to exceed thirty-four thousand pounds, plus one
thousand pounds for each foot and major fraction of a foot of the
distance from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rear-
most axle. Axles to be counted as provided in subdivision five of this
section. In no case, however, shall the total weight exceed eighty thou-
sand pounds. For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total
gross weight less than seventy-one thousand pounds, the higher of the
following shall apply:
(a) the total weight on all axles shall not exceed thirty-four thou-
sand pounds plus one thousand pounds for each foot and major fraction of
a foot of the distance from the center of the foremost axle to the
center of the rearmost axle, or
(b) the overall gross weight on a group of two or more consecutive
axles shall not exceed the weight produced by application of the follow-
ing formula:
W = 500 ((LxN)/(N-1) + (12xN)+36)
where W equals overall gross weight on any group of two or more
consecutive axles to the nearest five hundred pounds, L equals distance
in feet from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rear-
most axle of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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number of axles in group under consideration, except that two consec-
utive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of thirty-four thou-
sand pounds each providing the overall distance between the first and
last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet
or more.
For any vehicle or combination of vehicles having a total gross weight
of seventy-one thousand pounds or greater, paragraph (b) shall apply to
determine maximum gross weight which is permitted hereunder.
(C) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO FIRE VEHI-
CLES.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.