NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1965 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 966

HOUSE BILL 967

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 20-123 TO PERMIT THE TOWING OF FARM TRAILERS AND EQUIPMENT IN SINGLE TANDEM DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subsection (a) of G.S. 20-123, as the same appears in the 1963 Cumulative Supplement to Recompiled Volume 1C of the General Statutes of North Carolina, is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:

"Nothing herein shall prohibit the towing of farm trailers and equipment in single tandem during the period from one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset, but such combination of vehicles shall not exceed a total length of 40 feet and provided there is displayed on the rear of the last vehicle being towed, in such position as to be clearly visible at all times, a red flag not less than 12 inches both in length and width. The towing of farm trailers and equipment as herein permitted shall not be applicable to Interstate or Federal numbered highways."

Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of June, 1965.