NYC bans truck+trailer lengths over 55’ long, which bans all 53’ trailers. Unfortunately the city doesn’t do a good job enforcing this requirement, so we have

NYC bans truck+trailer lengths over 55’ long, which bans all 53’ trailers. Unfortunately the city doesn’t do a good job enforcing this requirement, so we have a few dozen people die each year due to trucks that don’t fit on the street hitting a pedestrian or bicyclist.