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designed and use~ exclusively for transportation of motor vehicles may have an additional overhang not to exceed 5 feet. Pass~-nger buses may exceed the 40 foot limitation when such excess length is caused by_ the projection of a front safety b~mmer or a rear safety b ~bnT~er or both. Such safety bumper shall not cause the length of the bus%o exceed the ~c~m~n legal limit by more than 1 foot in the front and_ I foot in t/ne rear. "Safety bum~er" means any device %_~ch may be fitted on an existing bun~pe~_ r or replacing the bm~er and is so constructed, treated or manufsctured so it ~bsorbs energy on imoact. Section 23-524. Fzctens±on of loads beyond front of vehicle. ~ train or vehicles or vehicle op--rated alone shall c~ any load ex~be~z~L~m~g rare than 3 feet be~Dnd the front tt~reof. Section 23-525, ~x~nsions of load beyond sides. No veb/cle shall carry tony load extending more than 6 inches beyond ~ body-, provided such load shall nc~ ~ceed a the l~-ne of the fend.er or total o~_~z~e w~a~ ~s described ~n t_his Arkicle. .Section 23-526. Velnic±es ha~ring more th~n one trailer, etc. ahtacbeo thereto. No lrmtor v~hicle shall be driven upon a highway dra~ing or having attached thereto more than 1 motor v~hicle, trailer, or semitrailer, but this lim~tation shall not apply between s~nrlse-and sunset to such farm tr?~lems or s~--mitrai!ers t)eing mD-ged frc~ one farm to ~ther farm ~ned or opera/~ed ~ the sa~ person; provided that this limitation shall not apply to a cc~.~mnation of vehicles coupled together by a saddle mo%%~ device used tO transpork motor vehicles in a drive-away se~v~ice from factory to dealer %~h~u nmt ~ore than 2 saddle mounts are used or when 3 saddle mounts are used not ex~ 60 feet in length w~e~ suc~h ~or vehicle is beir~ c~ratsd on a--he interstate SyStem of high~ys or is en route from its point of deps-~r~e to the interstate system of high%~ays. Section 23-527. ~ight of vehicles smd loads; smzes. ~ne ~a~zu~um gross weight and axle weight of motor vehicles and size of motor vehicles ho be pezmitted on t~he road s~--rf_ace of ~n_v street or kig~y i~ t2~ City shall be in accordance ~rith a_he provisions of Sections 46.1-32~; 46.1-330 ~nd 46.1-339, Code of ¥~g~nla, 1950~ as ~mended. The or,visions of ~his section shall not apply to a veb~cte designed for tow/Lng disabled ve_hicles~ when fowling such vehicle ~ ~ such ~ner that a p~ of ~e ~ed weight of ~ ~ v~i~]~s or size of ~he two v~icles rest ~n ~n ~le or ~les of ~e provided, that ~ t~zed ~d t~ving v~icles ~ch ~e %~n ~he wei~at IL~its ~r~scr~d in ~he ~ve-refer~ced sec~orm of ~e C~e of Virg~ia. ~e proxds'iens of %his paragr~h spoil not ~ cons~ed to ~ ~e vioia~on of'~A~ lawfully es~!isb~d load !i~it on ~nv bri~ge~