It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state that heavy motor trucks, alone or in combination with other vehicles, increase the cost of highway construction and maintenance, interfere with and limit the use of highways for normal traffic thereon, and endanger the safety and lives of the traveling public, and that the regulations embodied in this chapter with respect to motor trucks, semitrailer trucks and semitrailers are necessary to achieve economy in highway costs, and to permit the highways to be used freely and safely by the traveling public.
Effective: October 1, 1942

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 189.670

  • Semitrailer: means a vehicle designed to be attached to, and having its front end supported by, a motor truck or truck tractor, intended for the carrying of freight or merchandise and having a load capacity of over one thousand (1,000) pounds. See Kentucky Statutes 189.010
  • State: when applied to a part of the United States, includes territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010

History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky.
Stat. sec. 2739g-101.