Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Title 700 CMR 8.00 - Permitting, Operation, And Transport Of Overdimensional Loads And Certain Vehicle Trailer Combinations On Certain Massachusetts Department Of Transportation Roadways › Section 8.06 - Conditions and Limitations

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
The following conditions and limitations are of general
				applicability and shall apply to all permits issued by the Department for
				overweight vehicles carrying reducible loads. The Department may apply
				additional conditions and limitations as in its exercise of discretion it finds
				necessary.
(1) No movement shall be
			 made under permit when there are large areas of hard packed snow or ice on the
			 surface of the road or during a snowstorm. Skid chains shall be used on the
			 vehicle from November 1st through May
			 1st, in case of an emergency and installed wherever
			 necessary provided however that
			 700 CMR
			 8.07 shall not be construed to prohibit
			 vehicles delivering or spreading sand or deicing salt, or vehicles scraping
			 snow and ice from road surfaces.
(2) Reasonable precaution shall be taken to
			 prevent damage to the roadway surface, and where such damage does not occur as
			 a result of failure to take such reasonable precautions or while the vehicle is
			 in violation of a statute, the permit or
			 700 CMR 8.00, the permittee
			 shall be held responsible for any damages or injury to persons or property or
			 to any bridge due to or resulting from the operation of the vehicle.
(3) Permits are issued for registered
			 vehicles only and vehicles shall be registered for the total gross weight of
			 load and vehicle, except for certain off highway earth moving type vehicles
			 which in special cases may be granted a permit to move within 300 yards of the
			 construction site without being registered in accordance with M.G.L. c. 90,
			 § 9.
(4) Vehicles exceeding
			 the Statutory Limit may be restricted from State Highways where, in the opinion
			 of the Chief Engineer, the safety of the traveling public is
			 compromised.
(5) All vehicles
			 transporting any dangerous article through the City of Boston shall comply with
			 the requirements set forth in
			 700 CMR 7.00:
Use of
			 the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Metropolitan Highway
			 System
.
(6) Permits are
			 issued with the understanding that the vehicle is properly insured, registered
			 and that all legal requirements including operational and safety equipment
			 imposed by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, Department of Public
			 Utilities and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and any other
			 authorized Public Agency are complied with.
(7) No vehicle shall operate at any time with
			 a gross weight in excess of the gross weight for which such vehicle is
			 registered. (Except as provided in 700 CMR 8.06(3), off-highway earth moving
			 equipment.)
(8) All operators of
			 vehicles subject to
			 700 CMR 8.00 shall obey all
			 bridge posting signs. No vehicle is to be operated on or over a bridge when
			 that vehicle is carrying a gross weight including vehicle and load in excess of
			 the weight for which that bridge has been posted.
(9) The list of designated ways contained in
			 700 CMR
			 8.13 over which the permit authorizes travel
			 shall be carried with the permit in the vehicle at all times, and shall be
			 presented to appropriate law enforcement officials along with the permit when
			 said officer requests to see the vehicle's permit. Violation of 700 CMR 8.06(9)
			 may result in suspension of the vehicle's permit for such period of time as the
			 Chief Engineer or his designee may determine.
(10) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing,
			 all State and Federal laws and rules shall be obeyed.