Full question:
Where can I find information regarding requirements for your truck to be street legal?
- Category: Automobiles
- Date:
- State: Indiana
Answer:
In Indiana, trucks must adhere to specific size and weight limitations to be street legal:
- Size Limits:
- Maximum Width: 8 feet, 6 inches
- Maximum Height: 13 feet, 6 inches
- Maximum Length (Single Vehicle): 36 feet
- Maximum Length (2-Vehicle Combination): 60 feet
- Maximum Length (3-Vehicle Combination): 65 feet
- Maximum Length of Semi-Trailer Combination: 28 feet, 6 inches
- Maximum Distance Between Coupled or Towed Vehicles: 15 feet
- Weight Limits:
- Maximum Gross Weight: 80,000 pounds without a special permit
- Maximum Single Axle Weight: 20,000 pounds
- Maximum Wheel Weight: 800 pounds per inch of tire rim width
- Maximum Tandem Axle Weight: 17,000 pounds per axle
Note that the Federal bridge formula may further restrict gross weight for shorter wheelbase vehicles, and overweight trucks can be impounded by law enforcement.
Special Permits: If your vehicle exceeds the size and weight limits, you must obtain a special permit from the Indiana Department of Revenue for state-maintained routes, and from local authorities for non-state routes.
Local Limitations: It's illegal to operate any vehicle with a gross weight greater than what is posted by local road authorities, including any locally established frost laws.
Following Distance: A truck or tractor-trailer combination must not follow another such vehicle closer than 300 feet, except when overtaking or on non-interstate roadways within business or residential districts.
Required Lighting Equipment: Every truck and bus must have:
- Two headlamps
- One rear white license plate lamp
- Two red tail lamps
- At least one red stop lamp
- For trucks or buses 80 inches wide or wider, four clearance lamps: one amber lamp on each side at the front and one red lamp on each side at the rear.
This content is for informational purposes only and is not legal advice. Legal statutes mentioned reflect the law at the time the content was written and may no longer be current. Always verify the latest version of the law before relying on it.