Maximum Driving Length and License

Tom/Barb wrote:

JaxDad wrote:

Tom/Barb wrote:

JaxDad wrote:

As mentioned earlier, vehicle weight and length limits are NOT covered by reciprocity.

I believe they are.

funny thing, when we went thru NC we had no problems. towing a 26' trailer behind my 40' coach, over all length of 68'--- Wa. state plates.

your state may restrict the length of that state's vehicles but it can't restrict my states's vehicles length.

As Bumpy mentioned, you didn't get caught, that's different from being legal. There's a poster here with an enclosed trailer behind a 45' coach that is not legal in any state and seems to brag that he's never been stopped in all the years he's been doing so.

Maximum vehicle length, weight and speed are all things that are within each States jurisdiction. If length was covered by reciprocity differing lengths would be meaningless, drivers licensed from different States could haul varying length loads in the same State, even within the same company. "Give that load to Fred, he's legal for 75'."

Simply show me the NC vehicle code that says they will prohibit any vehicle from other states from entering, that are not in compliance with NC requirements.

The interstate commerce act says they can't.

I posted it yesterday at 8:56am. It is a State law, no different than a speed limit, or do you think people from Nevada can drive 75mph anywhere because their home state allows them to and reciprocity means they can everywhere else too?

Lots of things are determined solely by each States laws, use of seat belts, speed limits, towing double, trailer brakes, the list goes on & on.