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2010 SESSION
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That § 46.2-1116 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§ 46.2-1116. Vehicles having more than one trailer, etc., attached thereto; exceptions.
Except as provided in this section and § 46.2-1117, no motor
vehicle shall be driven on a highway while drawing or having attached thereto
more than one motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless such vehicle is
being operated under a special permit from the Commonwealth Transportation
Board. This limitation, however, shall not apply between sunrise and sunset to
farm trailers or semitrailers being moved from one farm to another farm owned
or operated by the same person within a radius of ten 10 miles.
This limitation also shall not apply to a combination of vehicles coupled together
by a saddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away
service when not more than two saddle mounts are used. Vehicles coupled
together by not more than three saddle mounts shall not exceed seventy-five
75 feet when operated on any interstate highway or any primary
highway as designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board and shall not
exceed 97 feet when operated on the National Network of interstate and primary
highways as designated under 23 CFR 658.5, as amended. Use of saddle mounts
as provided in this section shall be in conformity with safety regulations
adopted by the federal Department of Transportation.
The Commonwealth Transportation Board shall designate reasonable access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest.
The governing body of any city may by ordinance permit motor vehicles to be driven on the highways of their respective cities while drawing or having attached thereto more than one other vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer.