Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 189.670 (2026)

Public policy as to trucks declared

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It is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state that heavy motor trucks, alone or in combination with other vehicles, increase the cost of highway construction and maintenance, interfere with and limit the use of highways for normal traffic thereon, and endanger the safety and lives of the traveling public, and that the regulations embodied in this chapter with respect to motor trucks, semitrailer trucks and semitrailers are necessary to achieve economy in highway costs, and to permit the highways to be used freely and safely by the traveling public. Effective: October 1, 1942 History: Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. sec. 2739g-101.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2005–2022 · leading case: Est. of Embry v. Geo Transp. of Indiana, Inc., 395 F. Supp. 2d 517 (E.D. Ky. 2005).

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Est. of Embry v. Geo Transp. of Indiana, Inc., 395 F. Supp. 2d 517 (E.D. Ky. 2005). · cites it 2× “See Ky.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 189.670 (LexisNexis 1997) (declaring it the public policy of Kentucky that heavy motor trucks "endanger the safety and lives of the traveling public”).”

Popp v. Sharco Express, LLC (E.D. Ky. 2022). “§ 189.670 in his Complaint, which provides that it is the public policy of Kentucky that “heavy motor trucks .”

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