Sec. 18-135. Height of vehicles; damage to overhead obstruction;
notice of damage to overhead bridges,
etc.[274]
(a) No vehicle, unladen or with load, shall exceed a
height of thirteen feet, six inches.
(b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to
require either public authorities or railroad companies to provide
vertical clearances of overhead bridges or structures in
excess of twelve feet, six inches, or to make any changes in
the vertical clearance of existing overhead bridges or structures
crossing streets or highways. The operator or owner of
vehicles operating on streets or highways shall be held
financially responsible for any damage to overhead bridges
or structures that result from collisions therewith.
(c) The operator or owner of any vehicle colliding with
any overhead bridge or structure shall immediately notify,
either in person or by telephone, the public authority or railroad
company owning or maintaining such overhead bridge
or structure, or a police officer, of the fact of such collision,
and his name, address, operator's or chauffeur'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 violation of this chapter. (Code 1959, § 18-135;
6-21-65, § 21.)
