Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:379

  • Department: means the Department of Transportation and Development. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Height: means the total vertical dimension of any vehicle above the ground surface including any load and load-holding devices thereon. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Length: means the total longitudinal dimension of a single vehicle, a trailer, or a semi-trailer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Load: means a weight or quantity of anything resting upon something else regarded as its support. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Regular operation: means movement over highways of vehicles, combinations of vehicles, and loads thereon, subject to the limitations contained in this Chapter governing maximum weights and dimensions for motor vehicles and loads thereon. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Vehicle: means every device by which persons or things may be transported upon a public highway or bridge, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1
  • Width: means the total outside transverse dimension of a vehicle including any load or load holding devices thereon but excluding approved safety devices and tire bulge due to load. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 32:1

A.  The provisions of this Part governing width, height, length, tire pressure, weight, and load shall apply to vehicles in regular operation, as defined in La. Rev. Stat. 32:1.  Vehicles operated under the terms of special permits are covered in La. Rev. Stat. 32:387.

B.  The department shall not enact any regulation to allow any vehicle to travel the highways of this state in excess of the limits or requirements provided in La. Rev. Stat. 32:380 through La. Rev. Stat. 32:386, both inclusive.

Added by Acts 1977, No. 113, §1, eff. June 22, 1977.

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