(A) The total outside width of a vehicle or the load on a vehicle shall not exceed 96 inches, except as otherwise provided in this section.
(B) A person may operate or move an implement of husbandry of any width on a highway as required for normal farming operations without obtaining a special permit for an excessively wide vehicle or load under § 74.022 of this chapter. The operation or movement of the implement of husbandry shall be in a manner so as to minimize the interruption of traffic flow. A person shall not operate or move an implement of husbandry to the left of the center of the roadway from a half hour after sunset to a half hour before sunrise, when his or her vision is obstructed, at a curve, upon a hill or at any time that visibility is substantially diminished. A person operating or moving an implement of husbandry shall follow all traffic regulations.
(C) The total outside width of the load of a vehicle hauling concrete pipe, agricultural products or unprocessed logs, pulpwood or wood bolts shall not exceed 108 inches.
(D) Except as provided in division (B) above, when pneumatic tires, in substitution for the same type or other type of tires, have been or are placed upon a vehicle in operation on a highway, the maximum width from the outside of one wheel and tire to the outside of the opposite wheel and tire shall not exceed 102 inches, but the outside width of the body of the vehicle or the load on the vehicle shall not exceed 96 inches.
(E) The total outside width of a bus shall not exceed 102 inches.
(F) A vehicle shall not extend beyond the centerline of a state trunkline highway, except when legally authorized by law.
(G) The Director of the State Transportation Department, a county road commission or the Chief of Police may designate a highway as a highway on which a person may operate a vehicle or vehicle combination the operation of which would otherwise be prohibited by this subchapter. The outside width of the vehicle or of each vehicle in the vehicle combination shall not exceed 102 inches, including the load on the vehicle. However, the agency making that designation may require that the owner or lessee of the vehicle or of each vehicle in the vehicle combination secure a permit before the operation of the vehicle or vehicle combination is allowed. This division (G) does not restrict the issuance of a special permit for the operation of a permit, the operation of a vehicle or vehicle combination. This division (G) does not permit the operation of a vehicle or vehicle combination described in § 74.019 of this chapter carrying a load described in those sections, if the operation would otherwise result in a violation of those sections.
(Prior Code, § 22.1-50) (Ord. 885, passed 7-16-1990) Penalty, see § 74.999