Texas Transportation Code - Section 621.205. Maximum Length Of Vehicle Combinations
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§ 621.205. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF VEHICLE COMBINATIONS. (a)
Except as provided by this section, a combination of not more than
three vehicles, including a truck and semitrailer, truck and
trailer, truck-tractor and semitrailer and trailer, or a
truck-tractor and two trailers, may be coupled together if the
combination of vehicles, other than a truck-tractor combination, is
not longer than 65 feet.
(b) A passenger car or another motor vehicle that has an
unloaded weight of less than 2,500 pounds may not be coupled with
more than one other vehicle or towing device at one time. This
subsection does not apply to the towing of a disabled vehicle to the
nearest intake place for repair.
(c) A motor vehicle, including a passenger car, that has an
unloaded weight of 2,500 pounds or more may be coupled with a towing
device and one other vehicle.
(d) In this section:
(1) "Passenger car" means a motor vehicle designed to
transport 10 or fewer persons simultaneously.
(2) "Towing device" means a device used to tow a
vehicle behind a motor vehicle by supporting one end of the towed
vehicle above the surface of the road and permitting the wheels at
the other end of the towed vehicle to remain in contact with the
road.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Section: 621.007 621.101 621.102 621.201 621.202 621.203 621.204 621.205 621.206 621.2061 621.207 621.301 621.302 621.303 621.351
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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