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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 24. Transportation and Motor Vehicles |
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Agency 20. Department of Motor Vehicles |
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Chapter 81. Hauling Permit Regulation |
Section 180. General escorting guidelines
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All escort vehicle operators are required to be certified prior to performing the duties of an oversize/overweight load escort vehicle operator in Virginia. General guidelines as to when escorts are required follows; this listing is not all inclusive:
1. One front and one rear escort is required on noninterstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 12 feet in width.
2. One rear escort is required on interstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 12 feet in width.
3. Two front and one rear escorts are required on noninterstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 14 feet in width.
4. One front and one rear escort is required on interstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 14 feet in width.
5. Two front and two rear escorts are required on noninterstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 16 feet in width.
6. One front and two rear escorts are required on interstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 16 feet in width.
7. One front escort is required when an off-centered load exceeds three feet six inches on the passenger side of the vehicle configuration.
8. One front escort and one rear escort is required when an off-centered load exceeds five feet on the passenger side of the vehicle configuration.
9. One front escort equipped with height pole, adjusted three inches above the load height, is required on all routes when the permitted load exceeds 14 feet five inches in height.
10. One rear escort is required on noninterstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 85 feet in length.
11. One rear escort is required on interstate routes when the permitted load exceeds 120 feet in length.
12. One front and one rear escort is required on all routes when the permitted load exceeds 150 feet in length.
13. One front escort is required on all routes when the permitted load has a front overhang that exceeds 10 feet (measured from the bumper).
14. One rear escort is required on all routes when the permitted load has a rear overhang that exceeds 15 feet (measured from the bumper).
15. Permit loads that exceed 18 feet wide or 200 feet long will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Escort requirements are subject to change with individual consideration of weight, width, length, height, geographical location, or route of travel as determined by the issuing agent.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 25, Issue 26, eff. September 30, 2009.