Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part I - State Police › Chapter 23 - Weights and Standards › Section I-2305 - Width

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Safety-devices
				shall include flags, lights, and/or reflectors not to project more than 12
				inches beyond the width of the vehicle's body.
B. Vehicles and/or loads which exceed the
				legal width shall meet the following requirements.
1. The owner of the vehicle shall obtain an
				oversize permit.
2. Warning flags
				are required on vehicles and loads which exceed the legal width. There must be
				flags at the following points.
a. Four flags,
				two on the front edges and two on the rear edges, must be attached at the
				widest points on the part of the vehicle or load which exceeds the legal
				width.
b. A load which projects to
				only one side of a vehicle of legal width, shall have at least one flag to the
				front edge of the load, and at least one flag to the rear of the load provided
				each flag meets the requirement set forth herein; except a load which measures
				3 feet or less from front most portion to the rear most portion shall have at
				least one flag which meets the requirements set forth herein affixed to each
				side of the projecting load.
c.
				Flags must be attached on any other portion of the vehicle or load which is
				wider than the flagged front or rear edges.
d. All warning flags must be red/fluorescent
				orange and at least 18 inches square. Flags must either be securely fastened by
				at least one corner or securely mounted on a staff which keeps the flag
				upright.
3. Vehicles and
				loads exceeding 10 feet in width must display two signs with the wording
				"oversize load" .
a. One sign must be on the
				front of the vehicle. The other must be on the rear of the load or if that does
				not result in an easily read sign, then the sign must be on the rear of the
				vehicle.
b. All warning signs must
				be at least 7 feet long and 18 inches high. The background must be yellow and
				the lettering black. Letters must be at least 10 inches high with a 1 1/2-inch
				brush stroke.
4. All
				vehicles and loads (which exceed the legal width) with permits which have not
				been prohibited from traveling at night or during inclement weather must be
				equipped with the following lights.
a. Two
				amber lights must be attached at the widest points on the front edges of the
				over width part of the vehicle or load, and these lights must be visible from
				both the front and the side.
b. Two
				red lights must be attached at the widest points on the rear edges of the
				over-width part of the vehicle or load, and these lights must be visible from
				the rear and the side.
c. An amber
				light must be attached on any part of the vehicle or load which is wider than
				the front or rear edges, and this light must be visible from the front, side,
				and rear.
d. A single amber light
				on each side, visible from the front, side and rear, may be used if the
				over-width part of a vehicle or load does not exceed 3 feet from front to back.
				If the over-width part is at or near the rear of the vehicle, this light may be
				red and visible from the front, side, and rear.
5. Two or more lights may be combined if the
				resulting light still conforms to the requirements and its effectiveness is not
				hurt by the combination.
6. All
				lights must be visible from a distance of 500 feet and must be of types
				approved for such use by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.
				Approval can be obtained at state police troops.