Límites de peso para ruedas y ejes de vehículos en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice cuánto peso puede llevar cada rueda y eje de un vehículo. Por ejemplo, si tienes un camión, no puede llevar más de 8,000 libras en una rueda, dependiendo del tipo de llanta que tenga.

Es como cuando llenas una mochila para ir a la escuela; no puedes ponerle tanto peso que no puedas cargarla sin que se rompa.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un autobús que usa para transportar pasajeros en su ciudad. Aunque su autobús supera los límites de peso normales, puede llevar hasta 24,000 libras en un eje porque está autorizado como transporte público, lo que le permite trabajar sin problemas.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 56-5-4130. Wheel and axle loads; high and low pressure tires. (A)(1) The gross weight upon any wheel of a vehicle shall not exceed eight thousand pounds when equipped with high-pressure pneumatic, solid rubber or cushion tires, nor ten thousand pounds when equipped with low-pressure pneumatic tires. The gross weight upon any one axle of a vehicle shall not exceed sixteen thousand pounds when equipped with high-pressure pneumatic, solid rubber or cushion tires, nor twenty thousand pounds when equipped with low-pressure pneumatic tires. (2) On the interstate and noninterstate highways of this State, any over-the-road bus as defined by Title 49 of the United States Code, motorhome, or any vehicle which is regularly and exclusively used as an intrastate public agency transit passenger bus as defined by Title 49 of the United States Code, is excluded from the axle weight limits in item (1). However, these vehicles are limited to a maximum single axle weight limit of twenty-four thousand pounds, including all enforcement tolerances. (B) For the purpose of this section an "axle load" shall be defined as the total load transmitted to the road by all wheels whose centers may be included between two parallel transverse vertical planes forty inches apart, extending across the full width of the vehicle, every pneumatic tire designed for use and used when inflated with air to less than one hundred pounds pressure shall be deemed a "low-pressure tire" and every pneumatic tire inflated to one hundred pounds pressure or more shall be deemed a "high-pressure tire". HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 46-663; 1952 Code SECTION 46-663; 1949 (46) 466; 2016 Act No. 188 (H.4932), SECTION 2, eff May 25, 2016.