Wadcutter & captain037:
First my I pen, I’m not an attorney, neither do I play one on TV, nor did I spend the night in Holiday Inn Express. AND, I sure don’t practice jailhouse law; I leave that for the college kids.
However, I do have numerous semester hours of legal training and was engaged in the CFR’s/ FAR’s in a professional regulatory compliance capacity for almost 40 years. One thing that I learned as a very young cub pup was that “simply because you’re in compliance with one letter of the law doesn’t mean you’re in compliance with all letters of law”.
Both of you gentlemen have done an excellent job of explaining the weight laws, which is basically dictated by NHSTA, with regulatory compliance coming via the CFR’s, as I understand. As both of you have eloquently pointed out, there is no way, by reasonable standards, that any RV will ever exceed those limits as you’ve quoted above. These limits appear to geared primarily toward commercial activities or operations as such.
Notwithstanding, and IMHO, I don’t think you covered page two when it comes to the other part or regulatory compliance. “The catch all” paragraph that causes more heartburn that any one of the other CFR’s is plainly stated “ careless and reckless operation”
It’s my understanding that the same standard holds in a court of law, whether it be that all infamous VW bug towing a 10K fifth wheel or a 100K tractor trailer pulling triples loaded with Class A explosives flying down the interstate at 80MPH in blowing heavy rain. Which both appear to be in compliance with some or various state laws.
