ORS § 818.080

Current through 2024 Regular Session legislation effective March 27, 2024

Section 818.080 - Maximum size limits

This section establishes maximum size limits for purposes of ORS 818.090. Except where an exemption under ORS 818.100 specifically provides otherwise, any vehicle or load thereon that exceeds a maximum allowable size as determined by any of the following tables exceeds the maximum size limits for purposes of ORS 818.090:

(1) A vehicle or combination of vehicles, as appropriate, exceeds the maximum allowable size if a dimension of the vehicle, combination of vehicles or load thereon is beyond an applicable maximum size allowable on the following table:

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Dimension limited:	Limit applicable to: allowable size, in feet, for dimension limited:	Maximum
(1) Total outside width........................	Any vehicle....................	81/2
(2) Height, including load...........................	Any vehicle....................	14
(3) Length......................	Any vehicle operating singly.............	40
	Vehicle in combination of vehicles......................	40
	Combination of vehicles, including load................	60
	Combination of vehicles that includes a stinger-steered pole trailer.....................	65
(4) Length of load on vehicle......................	Any vehicle operating singly or as a unit in a combination of vehicles......................	40

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The maximum limit on height under the table in this subsection does not relieve the owner or driver of any vehicle or combination of vehicles from the exercise of due care in determining that sufficient vertical clearance is provided upon the highways and streets where the vehicle or combination of vehicles is being operated.

(2) A vehicle or combination of vehicles, as appropriate, exceeds the maximum allowable size if a portion of the vehicle, combination of vehicles or load thereon is subject to a limitation under the following table and that portion extends farther than the maximum limit of allowable extension beyond a designated point as determined by the following table:

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TABLE II

Designated point:	Limit applicable to:	Maximum limit of allowable extension beyond designated point:
(1) Line of left fenders of vehicle......................	Load on any passenger vehicle ..........................	No allowable extension beyond designated point.
(2) Line of right fenders of vehicle......................	Load on any passenger vehicle ........................	6 inches
(3) Front of vehicle......................	Load on any vehicle or combination of vehicles....................	4 feet
(4) Last axle of vehicle operating singly........................	Any portion of vehicle or any load thereon..................	Three-fourths the length of the wheelbase of the vehicle.
(5) Last axle of combination of vehicles................	Any portion of combination of vehicles or any load thereon..................	One-third of the length of the wheelbase of the combination of vehicles.

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ORS 818.080

1983 c.338 §515; 1985 c.16 §265; 1995 c.488 §2; 2001 c.574 §3