189.265 Motor buses -- Height, length and weight limits on designated highways.

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(1)"Motor bus" shall mean any motor vehicle designed primarily for the transportation

of passengers and having a seating capacity in excess of nine

(9)passengers

including the driver, provided, however, that transit authorities created pursuant to

KRS Chapter 96A are exempt from the provisions of this section.

(2)No person shall operate on any highway, except such highways as may be

designated by the secretary of the Transportation Cabinet pursuant to subsection

of this section, any motor bus which exceeds, including any part of the body or load,

eleven

(11)feet six

(6)inches in height, forty

(40)feet in length, twenty

(20)tons in

gross weight, or ninety-six

(96)inches in width, exclusive of any required safety

equipment.

(3)The secretary of the Transportation Cabinet, in respect to highways which are a part

of the state-maintained system, by official order may increase the maximum height

of a motor bus to twelve

(12)feet six

(6)inches and the maximum width of a motor

bus to 102 inches, exclusive of any required safety equipment and tire bulge due to

loads, if in the opinion of the secretary the increased height and width designated by

him is justified by the width of such highways, provided, however, that any such

increase in the width of motor buses or designation of highways to be used by them

shall not, in any way, exceed the federal law or regulations thereunder or jeopardize

the allotment or qualification for federal aid funds of the Commonwealth of

Kentucky.