RSA 266:14 · Overall Width Defined

266:14 Overall Width Defined. –
Overall width shall be exclusive of rubrails, so-called, as currently used in the transportation of raw forest products, safety and energy conservation devices such as rear view mirrors, turn signal lamps, marker lamps, steps and handholds for entry and egress, flexible fender extensions, approved mud flaps, spray and splash suppressant devices, and non-property-carrying devices or components thereof that do not extend more than 3 inches beyond each side of the vehicle, and other devices as defined by the director, and load-induced tire bulge. In determining width, there shall be excluded 6 inches of any increase in width due to changing to low pressure tire equipment from other tire equipment. Measurements of a commercial motor vehicle shall be made from a point on one side of the vehicle to the same point on the opposite side of the vehicle.
Source. RSA 263:65-d. 1973, 468:1. 1981, 146:1. 1983, 434:14, eff. June 24, 1983. 2016, 223:2, eff. Aug. 8, 2016.