En Virginia, los vehículos no pueden ser más altos de 4.11 metros. Si un vehículo choca con un puente y causa daño, el conductor debe avisar a las autoridades y podría recibir una multa si no lo hace.
Es como intentar pasar un camión por un túnel bajo; si no mides bien, puedes dañar el túnel y ser responsable de los costos de reparación.
Imagina que Juan está manejando su camión de entrega y no se da cuenta de que mide más de 4.11 metros. Al intentar pasar por un puente bajo, choca y causa daños. Juan debe informar a la policía sobre el accidente y podría enfrentar una multa por no hacerlo de inmediato.
No avisar de un choque con un puente puede ser un delito menor (Clase 1).
Va. Code § 46.2-1110 - Height of vehicles; damage to overhead obstruction; penalty. No loaded or unloaded vehicle shall exceed a height of 13 feet, six inches. Nothing contained in this section shall require either the public authorities or railroad companies to provide vertical clearances of overhead bridges or structures in excess of 12 feet, six inches, or to make any changes in the vertical clearances of existing overhead bridges or structures crossing highways. The driver or owner of vehicles on highways shall be held financially responsible for any damage to overhead bridges or structures that results from collisions therewith. The driver or owner of any vehicle colliding with an overhead bridge or structure shall immediately notify, either in person or by telephone, a law-enforcement officer or the public authority or railroad company, owning or maintaining such overhead bridge or structure of the fact of such collision, and his name, address, driver's license number, and the registration number of his vehicle. Failure to give such notice immediately, either in person or by telephone, shall constitute a Class 1 misdemeanor. On any highway maintained by the Department of Transportation over which there is a bridge or structure having a vertical clearance of less than 14 feet, the Commissioner of Highways shall have at least two signs erected setting forth the height of the bridge or structure. Such signs shall be located at least 1,500 feet ahead of the bridge or structure. On any highway maintained by a county, city, or town over which a bridge or structure has a vertical clearance of less than 14 feet, the local governing body shall have at least two signs erected setting forth the height of the bridge or structure. Such signs shall be located at least 1,500 fee
Si tu vehículo supera la altura permitida, no debes circular por carreteras con puentes o estructuras bajas, ya que podrías chocar y ser responsable por los daños.
Debes notificar de inmediato a las autoridades pertinentes y proporcionar tu información personal y de tu vehículo.
No avisar puede resultar en una multa, ya que se considera un delito menor en Virginia.
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