Each state sets trailer length; overall truck trailer length; width; weight; height; if doubles or triple trailers are allowed. It was a very complicated system because while you were legal in this state you go across the line into another state and now you are over sized and over weight.
So maybe 20 or 30 years ago the federal government stepped in and set standards all states must follow. Some states went to squawking sighting safety concerns because not all state roads were big enough to handle this size truck. So the feds; rather than back down limited the new rules to federally funded national highway system. They allowed you to go 1.5 miles off the system to reach a truck stop; loading/unloading site or trucking terminal.
The feds set the standards at 53 foot single trailers; doubles allowed with trailer length of 28 feet; 80,000 lbs gross weight; 102 inches wide; 13 feet 6 inches tall; and no maximum overall length. When these rules went into effect is when you seen the demise of the cab over truck because of the overall length being done away with.
Non commercial trucks and Rv's still have to follow the state laws as they are not exempt under the federal law. As the years go past we are seeing a lax of the state laws to reflect the federal law. Such as I do not know of any state that still has the 45 foot long 96 inch wide rule. They have all moved to 53 feet long and 102 inches wide except maybe Hawaii. But states still have overall length laws. My state (La.) is 70 feet long. Many states are 65 feet long for non commercial units.
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