Any police officer having reason to believe that the load, weight or height of a vehicle or load is in violation of §
199-30, Article
VI, Article
IX or Article
XI, which violation is a misdemeanor, may require the driver of the vehicle to stop, and the officer may investigate, weigh or measure the vehicle or load. If after personally investigating, weighing or measuring the vehicle or load, the officer determines that the load, weight or height of a vehicle or load are in violation of the requirements of §
199-30, Article
VI, Article
IX or Article
XI, the officer may temporarily detain the driver of the vehicle for purposes of making a record or vehicle check, may make an arrest for the violation and may proceed as otherwise provided in this chapter.