Texas § TN.621.205 - MAXIMUM LENGTH OF VEHICLE COMBINATIONS

§ TN.621.205. MAXIMUM LENGTH OF VEHICLE COMBINATIONS

MAXIMUM LENGTH OF VEHICLE COMBINATIONS. (a) Except as provided by this section, a combination of not more than three vehicles, including a truck and semitrailer, truck and trailer, truck-tractor and semitrailer and trailer, or a truck-tractor and two trailers, may be coupled together if the combination of vehicles, other than a truck-tractor combination, is not longer than 65 feet. (b) A passenger car or another motor vehicle that has an unloaded weight of less than 2,500 pounds may not be coupled with more than one other vehicle or towing device at one time. This subsection does not apply to the towing of a disabled vehicle to the nearest intake place for repair. (c) A motor vehicle, including a passenger car, that has an unloaded weight of 2,500 pounds or more may be coupled with a towing device and one other vehicle. (d) In this section: (1) "Passenger car" means a motor vehicle designed to transport 10 or fewer persons simultaneously. (2) "Towing device" means a device used to tow a vehicle behind a motor vehicle by supporting one end of the towed vehicle above the surface of the road and permitting the wheels at the other end of the towed vehicle to remain in contact with the road. Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.