R909-2-14. Travel Provisions and Restrictions -- Escorts -- Lighting - Exceptions

(1)(a) As specified in Table 3 and this Subsection (1), a motor carrier shall be accompanied by a pilot or police escort. (b) A motor carrier shall follow the most stringent requirement that applies in Table 3. (c) The number of police escorts required is determined by the Utah Highway Patrol and is based on the area, time, difficulty of travel, and applicable state and local rules, laws, and ordinances. (d) For an overhang greater than 20 feet, a motor carrier shall have a pilot escort vehicle positioned to the front for front overhangs and to the rear for rear overhangs. (e) The division may require a motor carrier to have more pilot and police escorts than required by Table 3. (f) A tow truck towing vehicles may travel outside daylight hours without a certified pilot escort if the total length is 120 feet or less and the total width is 10 feet or less. (g) The escort requirements in this section apply only to non-divisible loads. Table 3 Load Dimensions Requiring Pilot and Police Escorts Daylight Hours on a Freeway Daylight Hours on a Secondary Highway Non-Daylight Hours on a Freeway Non-Daylight Hours on a Secondary Highway Greater than: 14' in width; or 120' in length; or 20' of overhang 1 pilot escort Greater than: 12' in width; or 105' in length; or 20' of overhang 1 pilot 12' to 14' in width 1 pilot escort Up to 12' in width 1 pilot escort Greater than: 16' in width; or 16' of height 2 pilot escorts Greater than: 14' in width; or 120' in length; or 16' of height 2 pilot escorts Greater than: 14' in width; or 105' in length; or 14'6" of height; or 10' of overhang Not authorized during non-daylight hours Greater than: 12' in width; or 105' in length; or 14'6" of height; or 10' of overhang Not authorized during non-daylight hours Greater than: 20' in width; or 175' in length; or 17'6" of height 2 pilot escorts and at least 2 police escorts Greater than: 17' in width; or 175' in length; or 17'6" of height 2 pilot escorts and at least 2 police escorts Greater than: 14' in width; or 105' in length; or 14'6" of height; or 10' of overhang Not authorized during non-daylight hours Greater than: 12' in width; or 105' in length; or 14'6" of height; or 10' of overhang Not authorized during non-daylight hours (2) During non-daylight hours, motor carriers are required to have additional lighting as follows: (a) any load must have marker lights indicating extreme width using amber lights on the front and side and red lights to the rear; (b) loads exceeding 92' in overall length shall have lighting every 25 feet; (c) front or rear overhang exceeding 20 feet from the front or rear bumper of a vehicle, or from the center of the closest axle in the absence of a bumper, must have a rotating or flashing beacon visible from a minimum of 500 feet, and must be displayed at a minimum height of four feet above ground; (d) tow vehicle headlights must be operated on low beam, day or night, as an additional warning to traffic; (e) front overhang of more than three feet shall be marked with a steady, amber marker light; and (f) rear overhang exceeding four feet shall be marked with red clearance lights. (3)(a) If the division determines that extenuating circumstances apply, the division may authorize exceptions to this section or require additional safety measures. (b) Any exceptions authorized by the division shall be noted on the permit.