CHAPTER 141

An Act to amend and reenact § 46-334, as amended, of the Code of Vir-

ginia, relating to maximum gross weight of vehicles and loads.
ra PR 1271
CHS. 141, 142] ACTS OF ASSEMBLY 149

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 46-334, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended and
reenacted as follows:

§ 46-334. The maximum gross weight to be permitted on the road
surface through any axle of any vehicle shall not exceed sixteen thousand
pounds, nor shall it exceed six hundred and fifty pounds per inch, width
of tire, measured in contact with the surface of the highway. The maxi-
mum gross weight of any two axle vehicle shall not exceed twenty-four
thousand pounds and the maximum gross weight of any vehicle or any
combination of vehicles having three or more axles shall not exceed thirty-
five thousand pounds. No two axles shall lie in the same vertical plane, nor
shall the axle spacing be less than forty inches from center to center.

For the purpose of determining gross weight, no axle shall be con-
sidered unless the wheels thereof are equipped with brakes in conformity
with §§ 46-283 to 46-286.