Semitrailers-maximum trailer length.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the bill's impact beyond the length changes for semitrailers and combinations.

Increasing Maximum Length for Semitrailers

The bill proposes to increase the maximum length allowed for semitrailers in certain truck combinations.

What This Bill Does

• Changes the law to allow semitrailers up to 53 feet long when used with a truck-tractor and another trailer or second semitrailer.
• Limits the total combined length of vehicles in certain combinations, such as not exceeding 81 feet for a semitrailer and trailer together.

Who It Names or Affects

• Truck drivers who use semitrailers
• Companies that transport goods using large trucks

Terms To Know

Semitrailer

A type of trailer used in trucking where the front part rests on the tractor and the back part is supported by its own wheels.

Truck-tractor

The main vehicle that pulls a semitrailer or other trailers.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill did not pass in the session and was not considered for introduction.
• It would have taken effect on July 1, 2024, if passed.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0583
2024
STATE OF WYOMING
24LSO-0583
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0218

Semitrailers-maximum trailer length.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Allred and Banks and Senator(s) Dockstader

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; extending the maximum permissible length for semitrailers; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 31
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18
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802(a)(iv)(B) is amended to read:

31
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18
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802.

General requirements.

(a)

All vehicles operated on the highways of this state shall comply with the following:

(iv)

Length
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all highways, except as provided in 31
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18
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803(a):

(B)

In a truck
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tractor semitrailer combination, no semitrailer shall exceed sixty (60) feet in length.

In a truck
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tractor, semitrailer, trailer combination or truck
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tractor double semitrailer combination, the length of the semitrailer shall not exceed
forty
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eight (48)
fifty
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three (53)
feet and the length of the trailer or second semitrailer shall not exceed forty (40) feet. The combined length of the semitrailer and trailer or semitrailer shall not exceed eighty
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one (81) feet including connecting mechanisms.

For any other combination of vehicles the overall length shall not exceed eighty
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five (85) feet;

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
.

(END)

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