- (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.
(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.