N.J. Admin. Code § 13:18-1.12

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 13:18-1.12 - Escort vehicle requirements

(a) One escort vehicle shall be required when the width, including load, exceeds 14 feet and/or when the length exceeds 100 feet.

(b) Two escort vehicles shall be required when the width, including load, exceeds 16 feet and/or when the length exceeds 120 feet.

(c) Pursuant to the provisions of (a) and (b) above, one additional escort vehicle shall be required when an oversize vehicle or combination of vehicles has been granted a waiver, pursuant to 13:18-1.11(e), and is traveling during the nighttime hours of sunset to sunrise.

(d) When the height, including load, exceeds 14 feet, the provisions of 39:4-28 will apply.

(e) When one escort vehicle is required, it shall precede the escorted vehicles on highways having less than four traffic lanes and shall follow the escorted vehicles on highways having four or more traffic lanes.

(f) When two escort vehicles are required, one shall precede the escorted vehicles and one shall follow the escorted vehicles.

(g) When three escort vehicles are required, one shall precede the escorted vehicles, one shall follow the escorted vehicles and one shall travel in the adjacent lane alongside the escorted vehicles on all highways having three or more lanes. When three or more highway lanes are not available, the third escort vehicle shall also follow the escorted vehicles.

(h) The preceding escort vehicle shall maintain a distance of from 200 feet minimum to 500 feet maximum from the lead vehicle of the escorted combination of vehicles.

(i) The following escort vehicle shall maintain a distance of from 100 feet minimum to 250 feet maximum from the rearmost vehicle of the escorted combination of vehicles.

N.J. Admin. Code § 13:18-1.12

Recodified from N.J.A.C. 13:18-1.11 and amended by R.2010 d.169, effective 8/2/2010.
See: 42 N.J.R. 707(b), 42 N.J.R. 1742(a).
Added new (c); recodified former (c) through (e) as (d) through (f); in (d), inserted a comma following "feet"; added new (g); and recodified former (f) and (g) as (h) and (i). Former N.J.A.C. 13:18-1.12, Warning signs, recodified to N.J.A.C. 13:18-1.13.