New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION › Chapter IV - Highways › Subchapter C - Highway Use And Maintenance › Part 154 - Special Hauling Permits › Subpart 154-2 - Divisible Load Overweight Permits › Section 154-2.8 - Safety-general

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
The issuance of a divisible load overweight permit will
						be guided by considerations for the safety of the traveling public and the
						protection of the highways and the environment.
(a) Accident reporting. Whenever a vehicle or
					 combinations of vehicles operating under a divisible load overweight permit is
					 involved in an accident reportable under section 605  of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, a copy
					 of the report (MV 104) filed with the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles shall be
					 submitted to the Advisory Council within 10 days of such accident. Reports
					 shall be mailed to the Advisory Council, Department of Transportation, Building
					 5, Room 311, 1220 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12232. Failure to timely report
					 such accidents may result in revocation of the permit.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) Operation.
(1) Divisible load overweight vehicles
					 operating on four-lane or divided highways should be driven in the right-most
					 lane of traffic, except where the right lane must exit. In the event that
					 extremely slow traffic is encountered in the right-most lane, permit vehicles
					 may legally pass such traffic unless otherwise prohibited by regulatory sign.
					 Vehicles operating on an incline and unable to maintain the posted speed limit
					 should pull off the highway whenever possible to allow traffic to pass. Permit
					 vehicles shall be driven, as nearly as practicable, entirely within a single
					 lane and shall not move from that lane unless such movement can safely be
					 made.
(2) The front or steering
					 axle shall not carry more than 22,400 pounds.
(3) Permit vehicles registered to the same
					 owner(s) shall not travel in the same direction of travel closer than 1,000
					 feet apart unless specified on the permit.
(4) Loads must be adequately secured to the
					 permit vehicle to prevent shifting.
(5) Permit movements during periods of high
					 winds, poor visibility, or when the highways are slippery due to snow, ice or
					 rain should be restricted, based upon the necessity of the load reaching its
					 destination promptly. During such periods, such vehicles may be halted by any
					 police officer and ordered removed from the highway.
(6) All axles taken into consideration to
					 establish weight limitations must support a reasonable proportion of the load
					 when the vehicle is laden.
(7) The
					 applicant may be required to demonstrate to the department that the number of
					 axles on the vehicle does not unduly hinder steering capacity so as to make
					 operation of the vehicle unsafe.
(8) The applicant/permittee may have to
					 demonstrate that the steering capacity of the vehicle will not be unduly
					 hindered if the vehicle maintains a bogey or air axle.
(9) Each vehicle must be loaded so that the
					 center of gravity of the laden vehicle will not cause the unsafe operation of
					 the vehicle.
(10) No permitted
					 vehicle should be operated in excess of the manufactured-recommended gross
					 weight rating (replacement vehicles only) or the weight rating(s) set forth in
					 the permit application for that vehicle. No permitted vehicle shall operate in
					 excess of the registered gross vehicle weight of that vehicle. Operation of
					 permitted vehicles in excess of the above weights is considered to be per se
					 unsafe.