diff --git a/features/car/physical_limitation.feature b/features/car/physical_limitation.feature
index d65f40a19f0..43eef90f8e0 100644
--- a/features/car/physical_limitation.feature
+++ b/features/car/physical_limitation.feature
@@ -48,3 +48,22 @@ Feature: Car - Handle physical limitation
             | primary |                    | none      | x     |
             | primary |                    | no-sign   | x     |
             | primary |                    | unsigned  | x     |
+
+    Scenario: Car - Limited by length
+        Then routability should be
+            | highway | maxlength | bothw |
+            | primary |           | x     |
+            | primary | 1         |       |
+            | primary | 5         | x     |
+            | primary | unsigned  | x     |
+
+    Scenario: Car - Limited by weight
+        Then routability should be
+            | highway | maxweight | bothw |
+            | primary |           | x     |
+            | primary | 1         |       |
+            | primary | 3.5       | x     |
+            | primary | 35000 kg  | x     |
+            | primary | 8.9t      | x     |
+            | primary | 0.1 lbs   |       |
+            | primary | unsigned  | x     |
diff --git a/profiles/car.lua b/profiles/car.lua
index 161a6466bae..ab4561afcf7 100644
--- a/profiles/car.lua
+++ b/profiles/car.lua
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ function setup()
     vehicle_height = 2.5, -- in meters, 2.5m is the height of van
     vehicle_width = 1.9, -- in meters, ways with narrow tag are considered narrower than 2.2m
 
+    -- Size of the vehicle, to be limited mostly by legal restriction of the way
+    vehicle_length = 4.8, -- in meters, 4.8m is the length of large or familly car
+    vehicle_weight = 3.5, -- in kilograms
+
     -- a list of suffixes to suppress in name change instructions. The suffixes also include common substrings of each other
     suffix_list = {
       'N', 'NE', 'E', 'SE', 'S', 'SW', 'W', 'NW', 'North', 'South', 'West', 'East', 'Nor', 'Sou', 'We', 'Ea'
@@ -387,6 +391,8 @@ function process_way(profile, way, result, relations)
     WayHandlers.avoid_ways,
     WayHandlers.handle_height,
     WayHandlers.handle_width,
+    WayHandlers.handle_length,
+    WayHandlers.handle_weight,
 
     -- determine access status by checking our hierarchy of
     -- access tags, e.g: motorcar, motor_vehicle, vehicle
diff --git a/profiles/lib/way_handlers.lua b/profiles/lib/way_handlers.lua
index ef9fa88e8c0..265929d733c 100644
--- a/profiles/lib/way_handlers.lua
+++ b/profiles/lib/way_handlers.lua
@@ -511,6 +511,38 @@ function WayHandlers.handle_width(profile,way,result,data)
   end
 end
 
+-- handle maxweight tags
+function WayHandlers.handle_weight(profile,way,result,data)
+  local keys = Sequence { 'maxweight' }
+  local forward, backward = Tags.get_forward_backward_by_set(way,data,keys)
+  forward = Measure.get_max_weight(forward)
+  backward = Measure.get_max_weight(backward)
+
+  if forward and forward < profile.vehicle_weight then
+    result.forward_mode = mode.inaccessible
+  end
+
+  if backward and backward < profile.vehicle_weight then
+    result.backward_mode = mode.inaccessible
+  end
+end
+
+-- handle maxlength tags
+function WayHandlers.handle_length(profile,way,result,data)
+  local keys = Sequence { 'maxlength' }
+  local forward, backward = Tags.get_forward_backward_by_set(way,data,keys)
+  forward = Measure.get_max_length(forward)
+  backward = Measure.get_max_length(backward)
+
+  if forward and forward < profile.vehicle_length then
+    result.forward_mode = mode.inaccessible
+  end
+
+  if backward and backward < profile.vehicle_length then
+    result.backward_mode = mode.inaccessible
+  end
+end
+
 -- handle oneways tags
 function WayHandlers.oneway(profile,way,result,data)
   if not profile.oneway_handling then