Length limitations

Section 31111 of title 49, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end the following: (8) Lowboy trailer The term lowboy trailer means a semitrailer with a depressed section between the hitch and the first rear axle that is used specifically for the transport of assembled highway vehicles.; (2) in subsection (b)(1)— (A) in subparagraph (G), by striking or; (B) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and inserting; or; and (C) by adding at the end the following: (I) imposes a vehicle length limitation of less than 80 feet on a truck tractor-lowboy trailer combination with a front overhang of less than 4 feet between the rear of the truck-tractor and the front of the lowboy trailer and a rear overhang of less than 6 feet, regardless of whether the truck-tractor is or is not capable of carrying cargo for the lowboy trailer to use the front and rear overhang.; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (h) Exception for lowboy trailers Lowboy trailers shall be exempt from the rear overhang flag requirements of section 393.87 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations..