What Is an Excess Limit?

Exceeding the limit means that the length, width, height and quality of the cargo carried by the freight vehicle exceed the prescribed limits.

Overrun

In order to strengthen the management of over-transport vehicles running on highways, maintain the integrity of highways, and ensure the safety and smoothness of highways, the "Ministry of Communications of the People's Republic of China Order 2000 No. 2" "

The "Regulations on the Management of Highways Exceeding the Limit of Transport Vehicles" was adopted by the 18th Ministerial Meeting of the Ministry of Transport on August 18, 2016, and will be implemented as of September 21, 2016. The Administrative Regulations on Highways Exceeding Limit Transport Vehicles issued by the former Ministry of Communications (Order of the Ministry of Communications, No. 2 of 2000) was repealed at the same time.

The over-transport vehicles mentioned in these regulations refer to cargo transportation vehicles in one of the following situations:

(1) The total height of the truck and cargo exceeds 4 meters from the ground;
(2) The total width of the cargoes exceeds 2.55 meters;
(3) The total length of the cargoes exceeds 18.1 meters;
(4) Two-axle trucks whose total cargo weight exceeds 18,000 kg;
(5) A three-axle truck with a total mass of more than 25,000 kg; a three-axle car train with a total mass of more than 27,000 kg;
(6) A four-axle truck with a total mass of more than 31,000 kilograms; a four-axle car train with a total mass of more than 36,000 kilograms;
(7) Five-axle automobile trains with a total mass of more than 43,000 kg;
(8) For a six-axle and above-vehicle automobile train, the total mass of the vehicle and cargo exceeds 49,000 kg, of which the drive shaft of the tractor is a single axle, and the total mass of the vehicle and cargo exceeds 46,000 kg.
The identification of the limiting standards specified in the preceding paragraph shall also comply with the following requirements:
(1) The two-axis group is calculated according to two axes, and the three-axis group is calculated according to three axes;
(2) Except for the drive shaft, the tires on each side of the axles of the two-axle group, the three-axle group, and the semi-trailer and full-trailer are calculated as double tires. If the tires on each side of each axle are single tires, the limiting standard is reduced by 3,000 kg, but the installation meets Except for widened tires of relevant national standards;
(3) The maximum allowable total mass of the vehicle shall not exceed the sum of the maximum allowable axle loads of each axle;
(4) For tractors, agricultural vehicles, and low-speed trucks, the total mass approved by the driving license is the limiting standard;
(5) Refrigerated vehicles, automobile trains, vehicles equipped with air suspension, and special-purpose operating vehicles that meet the requirements of Outline Dimensions, Axle Loads, and Quality Limits for Automobiles, Trailers, and Automobile Trains (GB1589) are not considered overruns transport vehicle. ^[1]