49-1006. RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE. The owner and the operator, driver or mover of any vehicle, object or contrivance over a highway or bridge, shall be jointly and severally responsible for all damages which the highway or bridge may sustain as the result of illegally operating or driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance, or as the result of driving or moving any vehicle, object or contrivance weighing in excess of the maximum weight specified in this chapter, but authorized by a temporary permit. The amount of the damages may be recovered in an action at law by the authorities in control of the highway or bridge[;]. It shall be unlawful for more than one (1) vehicle, motor vehicle, trailer and/or semitrailer, or combination of vehicles with gross weights in excess of those specified in section 49-1001(1) and (2), Idaho Code, to pass at the same time on any bridge with a span of nineteen (19) feet or more posted by the board for single lane traffic by those trucks.
History:
[49-1006, added 1988, ch. 265, sec. 277, p. 720.]
Structure Idaho Code
Chapter 10 - WEIGHT, SPEED AND TIRE REGULATIONS
Section 49-1001 - ALLOWABLE GROSS LOADS.
Section 49-1002 - ALLOWABLE LOAD PER INCH WIDTH OF TIRE.
Section 49-1003 - SPEED LIMITS FOR VEHICLES REGULATED ACCORDING TO WEIGHT AND TIRE EQUIPMENT.
Section 49-1004 - PERMITS FOR OVERWEIGHT OR OVERSIZE LOADS — SPECIAL ROUTES AND ANNUAL PERMITS.
Section 49-1004A - NEW SPECIAL ROUTE DESIGNATIONS BY THE DEPARTMENT.
Section 49-1004B - SPECIAL ROUTE DESIGNATIONS AND PERMITS BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
Section 49-1004C - SPECIAL PERMITS — INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
Section 49-1005 - SPECIAL REGULATIONS AND NOTICE.
Section 49-1006 - RESPONSIBILITY FOR DAMAGE TO HIGHWAY OR BRIDGE.
Section 49-1007 - LIMITING LIABILITY OF AUTHORITIES.
Section 49-1009 - CONTRACT FOR BUILDING AND MAINTAINING ROADS.
Section 49-1010 - SIZE OF VEHICLES AND LOADS.
Section 49-1011 - EXCEPTION TO WEIGHT AND SIZE LIMITATIONS.
Section 49-1012 - TEMPORARY MOVEMENT OF HARVESTING MACHINERY AFTER DARKNESS.
Section 49-1013 - PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS.
Section 49-1014 - INDEMNITY AGREEMENT IN MOTOR CARRIER TRANSPORTATION CONTRACTS VOID.