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(c) Other vehicles Ninety six (96) inches. (d) School buses One hundred (100) inches wide while in motion and one hundred eighteen (118) inches wide while stopped to pick up or discharge students. Section 23-523. Length of vehicles; special permits. No motor vehicle extending in length of forty (40) feet shall be operated on anF highway in the city; providing however, the city manager or his designee, may, by general or special order, which may be amended or reclnded from time to time, permit the operation of passenger buses in excess of thirty-five (35) feet but not exceeding forth (40) feet on certain highways and parts thereof designated by the< city manager. The actual length of any combination of vehicles coupled together including any load thereon, s~all not exceed a total of sixty (60) feet; and no tolerance shall be allowed that exceeds twelve (12) inches; provided further, however, that the city manager or his designee in cases of emergency may issue a special permit for combinations in excess of sixty (60) feet including any load thereon, where the object or objects to be carried cannot be moved otherwise; provided further, that vehicles designed and used exclusively for transDortation of motor vehicles may have an additional overhang not to exceed five (5) feet. Passenger buses m y exceed the forty-foot limitation when such excess length is caused by the projection of a front safety bumper or a rear safety bumper or both. Such safety bumper shall no5 cause the length of the bus to exceed the maximum legal limit by more than 1 foot in the front and 1 foot in the rear. "Safety bumper" means any device which may be fitted on an ex~sting bumper or replacing the bumper and is so constructed, treated or manufactured so it absorbs energy on impact. Section 23-525. Extension of loads beyond sidesl (a) No vehicle shall carry any load extending more than six (6) inches beyond the line of the fender or body, provided such load shall not exceed a total outside width as described in this article. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this section, it shall be lawful for watercraft carried on vehicles to extend more than six (6) inches beyond the line of the fender or body of such vehicle provided that the total width of the watercraft and the carrier upon which the same is so carried does not exceed seventy six (76) inches.