§ 25-128. Vehicles having more than one trailer, etc., attached thereto.

No motor vehicle shall be driven on any street or roadway while drawing or having attached thereto more than one motor vehicle, trailer, or semitrailer unless such vehicle is being operated under a special permit from the director of public works. This limitation, however, shall not apply between sunrise and sunset to farm trailers or semitrailers being moved from one farm to another farm owned or operated by the same person within a radius of ten (10) miles. This limitation also shall not apply to a combination of vehicles coupled together by a saddle mount device used to transport motor vehicles in a drive-away service when not more than two (2) saddle mounts are used. Vehicles coupled together by not more than three (3) saddle mounts shall not exceed sixty-five (65) feet when operated on any interstate highway or any federal-aid primary highway as designated by the Commonwealth Transportation Board.

Such combinations shall have reasonable access to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest as designed by the Commonwealth Transportation Board. Such use shall be in conformity with safety regulations adopted by the Superintendent of State Police.

In an emergency as provided in Section 46.21149 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, the towing of disabled vehicles which cannot be separated for safety, physical, or mechanical reasons and which exceed length limits established in Article 16 (Section 46.2-1112 et seq.) of Chapter 46 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, shall be permissible for the purpose of towing any such vehicle to the nearest facility which can make the necessary repairs but not more than fifty (50) miles from the point such vehicle was disabled.

(Ord. No. 30,729, § 1, 7-29-80; Ord. No. 35,795, § 1, 11-14-89)

State Law reference— Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, §§ 46.2-1116, 46.2-1153.

(Ord. No. 30,729, § 1, 7-29-80; Ord. No. 35,795, § 1, 11-14-89)

State law reference

Authority for above section, Code of Virginia, §§ 46.2-1116, 46.2-1153.