Pennsylvania § 4922 Height of vehicles

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 4922 — Height of vehicles

Pennsylvania § 4922

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 75VEHICLES

PartPART IV

Ch. 49SIZE, WEIGHT AND LOAD

Subch.WIDTH, HEIGHT AND LENGTH

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Bluebook

75 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4922 (2026).

Text

(a)General rule.--No vehicle, including any load, shall exceed a height of 13 feet 6 inches. This provision shall not be construed to require public authorities to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicles.

(b)Buses.--Any bus operated wholly within a municipality, where permitted by the municipality, or in more than one municipality, where approved by the Public Utility Commission, may be of a total height, including load, not to exceed 14 feet 6 inches.

(c)Exceptions.--The provisions of this subchapter governing the height of vehicles do not apply to fire apparatus or to vehicles used exclusively to repair overhead lights and wires.

(d)Penalty.--Any person convicted of operating a vehicle with a height greater than 13 feet 6 inches and traveling

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(a) General rule.--No vehicle, including any load, shall exceed a height of 13 feet 6 inches. This provision shall not be construed to require public authorities to provide sufficient vertical clearance to permit the operation of such vehicles.

(b) Buses.--Any bus operated wholly within a municipality, where permitted by the municipality, or in more than one municipality, where approved by the Public Utility Commission, may be of a total height, including load, not to exceed 14 feet 6 inches.

(c) Exceptions.--The provisions of this subchapter governing the height of vehicles do not apply to fire apparatus or to vehicles used exclusively to repair overhead lights and wires.

(d) Penalty.--Any person convicted of operating a vehicle with a height greater than 13 feet 6 inches and traveling without a valid permit shall, upon conviction, pay a fine of $500.

Legislative History

(Nov. 26, 2008, P.L.1658, No.133, eff. 60 days) 2008 Amendment.Act 133 added subsec. (d). Cross References.Section 4922 is referred to in sections 4921, 4961 of this title.