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169.73.4a
Statute ID:
11989
Statute Function ID:
26213
Traffic Regulation - Rear-End Protection for Other Vehicles
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Statute Number:
169.73.4a
Enactment Date:
Jan 1, 1859
Effective Date:
Jul 1, 1991
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Traffic Regulation - Rear-End Protection for Other Vehicles
Statute ID:
11989
Created:
Jan 7, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Jan 7, 2008 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
2008 Payables List Update - Last amended 1991 c 333 s 15
Summary Text:
Traffic Regulation - Rear-End Protection for Other Vehicles
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/169/73.html
Legislative Session:
1991 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Jan 7, 2008
(a) Vehicles other than private passenger vehicles, collector vehicles, collector military vehicles, and other vehicles specifically exempted by law from such requirements must meet the rear-end protection requirements of federal motor carrier regulations, Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 393.86. (b) Notwithstanding contrary regulations cited in paragraph (a), a truck-tractor and semitrailer combination with a semitrailer length longer than 50 feet whose frame or body extends more than 36 inches beyond the rear of its rearmost axle must not be operated on the highways of this state unless equipped with a bumper or underride guard on the extreme rear of the frame or body. The bumper or underride guard must: (1) provide a continuous horizontal beam having a maximum ground clearance of 22 inches, as measured with the vehicle empty and on level ground; and (2) extend to within four inches of the lateral extremities of the semitrailer on both left and right sides.
