Section 45 IAC 16-1-10 - Vehicle identification; numbering and letteringAuthority: IC 8-2.1-18-6
Affected: IC 8-2.1-18
Sec. 10.
NUMBERING AND LETTERING OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) Method of Identification of Motor Vehicles Operated in Intrastate Commerce. No intrastate common or contract carrier for hire shall operate motor vehicles over the public highways of the State of Indiana unless there shall be displayed on both sides of each vehicle operated under its own power the name or trade name of the motor carrier under whose authority the vehicle or vehicles is or are being operated and the certificate or permit number assigned to such operating authority by the Commission. The certificate or permit number shall be in the following form: "P.S.C.I. No. _____ ", but need not include any sub-numbers which may have been assigned. If the name of any person other than the operating carrier appears on a vehicle operated either alone or in combination under its own power, the name of the operating carrier shall be followed by the information required above and shall be preceded by the words "operated by". (b) Size, Shape and Color. The display of name and number prescribed in this Rule [this section] shall be in letters and figures not less than one and three-fourths (1 3/4) of an inch in height nor shall said letters and figures be less than three-eighths (3/8) of an inch in letter-line or stroke width. All such letters and figures shall contrast in shape and color to the background on which they are displayed and shall be so located on each side of the motor vehicle as to be plainly visible to the traveling public at all times. If display is accomplished through use of a removable device, such device shall be firmly attached to the motor vehicle; it shall be constructed of durable material, such as wood, plastic or metal, and otherwise so prepared as to meet the identification and legibility requirements set out in this Rule [this section]. (c) Passenger Vehicles-When Exempted; Procedure. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of this Rule [this section] shall not apply to motor vehicles used in the transportation of passengers by common carriers when such vehicles are used in providing through transportation of passengers, in regular services, over the authorized routes of two or more of such carriers under a continuing interchange or lease of equipment arrangement between such carriers, if the vehicle owner's name and certificate numbers are displayed thereon in the manner provided in Paragraph (a) herein, and if there shall have been filed with the Director and posted in each terminal and ticket agency on the involved routes a published schedule of the carriers, clearly showing the points or places between which each carrier assumes and bears complete control and responsibility for the operation of the interchanged or leased vehicle. (d) Method of Identification of Motor Vehicles Operated in Interstate Commerce. No interstate common or contract carrier for hire shall operate motor vehicles over the public highways in the State of Indiana unless there shall be displayed on each such motor vehicle such identification of carrier name and operating authority as required by the Rules and Regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission. (e) Method of Identification for Motor Vehicles Operated in Both Interstate and Intrastate Commerce. No common or contract carrier for hire which holds authority to operate in both intrastate and interstate commerce within the borders of the State of Indiana shall operate motor vehicles over the public highways of said State unless there shall be displayed thereon the intrastate P.S.C.I. identification required by Paragraph (a) of this Rule [this section], as well as the interstate identification required by Paragraph (d) of this Rule. Department of State Revenue; No. 32257: Motor Carrier Department Rule 10; filed Jul 22, 1970, 9:15 am: Rules and Regs. 1971, p. 257Transferred from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission ( 170 IAC 2-1-10) to the Department of State Revenue ( 45 IAC 16-1-10) by P.L. 72-1988, SECTION 12, effective July 1, 1988.