Hold those calls to 911. Fortunately (for SUV fanatics) or unfortunately (for the rest of the world), the city ordinance wouldn't cover most of the typical SUVs, as they weigh less than the City's apparent truck limit of 6,000 pounds. Only the most massive SUVs will qualify, such as the Hummer HS (curb weight 6,400 pounds) and the Chevy Suburban LS 3/4-ton 4X4 (curb weight 6,100 pounds).
The Lincoln Navigator Ultimate, giving new meaning to Lincoln's promise of a "bold and unapologetic statement," slips in at 5,947 pounds curb weight. But, if you add, let's say, RT Rybak at the "wood and leather manual tilt steering wheel with speed control and duplicate audio and climate control," Paul Ostrow riding shotgun and listening to the "Personal Audio System with speed-compensating volume controls," and Lee Sheehy in the back watching a movie on the standard "overhead DVD player with 7-inch flip-down color LCD screen and infrared remote and wireless headphones," you will easily go over 6,000 pounds gross weight, press aides in the far back excluded. But, Navigator fans have faith! The Ultimate's "touch-screen, voice-activation, DVD-based, 6.5-inch color LCD display integrated with Audiophile Sound System with 6-disc in-dash CD changer" should allow quick and easy GPS navigation using the City's designated truck routes. Gregory Luce St. Paul Lincoln Navigator ( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terrell Brown Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 9:19 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Mpls] SUVs Banned on Minneapolis Streets? Clearly this ordinance needs to be enforced. When you see a Hummer driving down a non truck route, call 911 and report a crime in progress. Terrell Brown Loring Park --- David Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 5, 2004, at 8:13 AM, Charles Gimon wrote > > > My question is: does this mean that SUVs have been illegal > > to drive on Minneapolis residential streets all along? > > Is this ordinance in effect, or does Slate have it wrong? > > If the ordinance is valid, how has enforcement of this > > been approached, if at all? > > Here's the ordinance. Looks bad for SUV-ers, but you tell me. (Note: > one pertinent section is between asterisks. Let's hope it's the > longest > run-on sentence in city code, but probably not.) > > 474.790. Definition. As used in this article, the word "truck" shall > include > trucks, trailers and semitrailers. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 441.010) > > ...474.810. Marking of routes. Truck routes shall be identified by > appropriate > signs erected and maintained by the city engineer. Further, the city > engineer shall post at the city limits, upon all main traffic routes > entering the city, signs notifying users of highways that trucks are > only > permitted to be driven on marked truck routes. (Code 1960, As Amend., > � > 441.030) > > 474.820. Duty to use routes. ***When any such truck route has been > established > and identified, any person driving a truck having a gross weight of > three > (3) tons or more shall drive such truck on such route or routes and > none > other, except when it is impracticable to do so or where necessary to > traverse another street or streets to a destination for the purpose > of > loading or unloading commodities or for the purpose of towing a > disabled or > damaged motor vehicle to or from public or private property, and then > > only > by such deviation from the nearest truck route as is reasonably > necessary.*** A > truck arriving at the end of any designated truck route may be driven > > over > the most direct course to the nearest truck route which extends in > the > same > general direction. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 414.020) > > 474.830. Permits for use of other routes. The city engineer shall > have > the > authority, for cause or upon request, to issue temporary permits for > trucks > to operate over routes not established as truck routes by the city > council, > or to otherwise deviate from the provisions of the traffic code. Such > > action > by the city engineer shall be subject to review and modification, or > cancellation, by the city council. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 414.030) > > 474.840. Vehicles excepted. The provisions of this article shall not > apply > to emergency vehicles of the police department, fire department or > health > department, nor to any public utility vehicles where actually engaged > > in the > performance of emergency duties necessary to be performed by said > public > departments or public utilities, nor to any vehicle owned by or > performing > work for the United States of America, the State of Minnesota, the > University of Minnesota, or the City of Minneapolis. (Code 1960, As > Amend., > � 441.080) > > 474.850. Conflict with other provisions. No designation of a "truck > route" > which consists in whole or in part of any state trunk highway, > federal > highway or parkway shall be construed as permitting use of said route > in > violation of any order or rule of the commissioner of highways or any > ordinance or rule of the park board. Further, no designation of any > "truck > route" shall be construed to permit violation of any state law or > provision > of this Code regulating the size, weight, capacity, height, length or > > speed > of trucks or other vehicles. (Code 1960, As Amend., � 441.040) > > 474.860. Trucks following each other. The driver of any truck or > truck-tractor when traveling upon a highway outside of the congested > zone > shall not follow another truck or truck-tractor within one hundred > (100) > feet, but this shall not be construed to prevent one truck or tractor > overtaking and passing another. 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