Regulación del peso y capacidad de asientos en autobuses en Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

En Pensilvania, los autobuses no pueden pesar más de 73,280 libras. Además, no pueden llevar más de un 25% extra de pasajeros de los que están registrados, a menos que estén en una zona de negocios.

Es como si tuvieras una mochila que solo puede llevar 10 libros. Si intentas meter 13 libros, es probable que se rompa o no puedas cargarla bien.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que el autobús de la escuela de Carlos tiene un límite de 40 asientos. Si el autobús tiene 50 niños, está sobrepasando el límite. El conductor podría recibir una multa porque está llevando más pasajeros de lo permitido.

Penalidades

Multas de $100 a $300 por exceso de peso y de $50 a $100 por exceso de pasajeros.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

75 Pa.C.S. 1980 - Amendment § 4948. Maximum weight and seating capacity of buses. (a) Gross, axle and wheel weights.-- No bus shall be operated upon any highway with a gross weight in excess of 73,280 pounds, or with a weight on any axle in excess of the lesser of the manufacturer's rated axle capacity or 22,400 pounds on any single axle. Buses operated upon interstate highways shall not have a weight on any axle in excess of 20,000 pounds. No bus shall be operated on a highway with a weight upon any wheel in excess of 800 pounds on any one wheel for each nominal inch of width of tire on the wheel. (b) Seating capacity load.-- A bus shall not be operated on a highway with a load exceeding by more than 25% its registered seating capacity except when operated within a business or residence district. A child under the age of six years shall not be counted when computing the load on the bus. (c) Penalties.-- Any person owning or operating a bus with a gross weight or with weight on any axle or wheel exceeding by more than 5% the maximum allowed in subsection (a) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of $100. If the excess weight is more than 10% above the maximum weight allowed, the fine shall be $300. Any person in violation of subsection (b) is guilty of a summary offense and shall, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not less than $50 nor more than $100. (June 6, 1979, P.L.39, No.12, eff. imd.; Oct. 10, 1980, P.L.791, No.147, eff. imd.) 1980 Amendment. Act 147 amended subsec. (a).