What's happening
This bill exempts fire vehicles from certain vehicle weight and dimension restrictions under New York's vehicle and traffic law.
Why it matters
Fire vehicles will no longer be limited by standard vehicle weight and axle spacing rules. , allowing them to exceed weight limits and other related restrictions that apply to most other vehicles. This can help ensure that emergency fire apparatus are not constrained when responding to calls or equipped with necessary tools.
Municipalities and fire departments could potentially invest in larger, heavier, or more specialized fire vehicles. without worrying about compliance with restrictive weight laws, potentially improving emergency response capabilities and public safety.
There may be increased wear and tear on roads and bridges. , since heavier fire vehicles are permitted to operate outside normal legal limitations, which could result in higher infrastructure maintenance costs for communities.
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Update Truck Weight Limits
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- Referred to transportation
- Held for consideration in transportation
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5559
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 13, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 10 of section 385 of the vehicle and traffic law, as amended by section 4 of part D of chapter 58 of the laws of 2017, 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 rearmost axle. Axles to be counted as provided in subdivision five of this section. In no case, however, shall the total weight exceed eighty thousand pounds except for a vehicle if operated by an engine fueled primarily by natural gas which may have a maximum gross weight of up to eighty-two thousand 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 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 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 following 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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08139-01-9
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feet from the center of the foremost axle to the center of the rearmost axle of any group of two or more consecutive axles, and N equals number of axles in group under consideration, except that two consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of thirty-four thousand 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) of this subdivision shall apply to determine maximum gross weight which is permitted hereunder.
The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to fire vehicles.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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