                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WIDTHS OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES (§ 46.2-1109)

No commercial vehicle shall exceed 102 inches in width when operating on any
interstate highway or on any highway designated by the Commonwealth
Transportation Board. The width limitation in this section shall not include
rear view mirrors, turn signal lights, handholds for cab entry and egress,
splash suppressant devices, and load-induced tire bulge. Safety devices, with
the exception of rear view mirrors, shall not extend more than three inches on
each side of a vehicle. The Commissioner of Highways shall designate reasonable
access to terminals, facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest. Household
goods carriers and any tractor truck semitrailer combination in which the
semitrailer has a length of no more than twenty-eight and one-half feet shall
not be denied reasonable access to points of loading and unloading, except as
designated, based on safety considerations, by the Commissioner of Highways. No
reasonable access designation shall be made, however, until notice of any
proposed designation has been provided by the Commissioner of Highways to the
governing body of every locality wherein any highway affected by the proposed
designation is located.
		For the purposes of this section, a commercial vehicle is defined as a loaded
or empty motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer designed or regularly used for
carrying freight, merchandise, or more than ten passengers, including buses, but
not including vehicles used for vanpools.

HISTORY: 1986, c. 72, § 46.1-328.1; 1989, cc. 645, 727; 1994, c. 456; 1997, c.
773; 2013, cc. 585, 646.