Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 045 - Transportation, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0004 - Motor Carrier › Chapter 5 - SIZE AND WEIGHT LIMITATIONS OF VEHICLES › Section 5-9 - Escort Procedures

Current through July 13, 2024
The following procedures shall be mandatory minimum
				  requirements for all escorted moves:
(a)
Speed limits
imposed by the
				permit-issuing authority shall govern all escorted moves. Moves shall not
				exceed the legal or posted speed limit.
(b)
Route
- All moves shall be
				made on highways designated on the permit. Alternate routes shall not be used
				without a permit-issuing authority's prior approval.
(c)
Time of movement
- All loads
				requiring escorts shall be made during daylight hours and the times specified
				on the permit, except in Section
				7,
				Permitted Hours and Dates of Movement; Weather Conditions. Class C permit
				holders shall move during hours of minimum highway travel.
(d)
Weather
- Escorted loads
				shall not be allowed to move if the highway is restricted to no unnecessary
				travel or if tire chains are required. The Wyoming Department of Transportation
				or Wyoming Highway Patrol may restrict movements of specific oversize loads
				because of low visibility or high winds. A load may proceed or return to the
				nearest parking area or town. At no time shall the move continue beyond these
				points unless approved by the Wyoming Highway Patrol.
(e)
Traffic
- Escorted movements
				shall be conducted to minimize any impediment to other highway users. An
				escorted movement shall move to the highway shoulder whenever vehicular traffic
				behind the movement becomes congested and shall remain off the main traveled
				portion of the roadway until the following traffic has cleared.
(f)
Obstacles
- When safety
				dictates, escorted moves approaching narrow bridges or other obstacles posing
				potential hazards shall be halted. The move shall be removed from the traveled
				way until the escort vehicle proceeds past the obstacle and halts approaching
				traffic. A traffic crash with lane blockage shall be considered an obstacle,
				and escorted moves shall be allowed to continue only at the direction of the
				Wyoming Highway Patrol. The escorted movement may proceed past the obstacle
				when safe.
(g)
Minimum number
				of escorts
- Please refer to preceding Section
				8,
				Safety Measures and Moves, for escort requirements.
(h) Two oversize loads, each requiring
				escorts, may travel together on a two-lane highway maintaining a distance of
				approximately 1,000 feet apart, as long as neither load exceeds 16 feet wide or
				110 feet overall length. One escort in front of the first load and one escort
				behind the second load shall be maintained at a distance of approximately 1,000
				feet, unless a shorter distance is necessary to control the movement. On
				interstate or four-lane highways, one escort to the rear of the second load
				shall be maintained at a distance of approximately 1,000 feet, unless a shorter
				distance is necessary to control the movement, as long as neither load exceeds
				18 feet wide or 130 feet overall length.
(i) A third oversize load requiring escorts
				cannot travel with a group of two oversize loads, but shall remain at a minimum
				distance of one-half mile from the group unless otherwise authorized by
				Overweight Loads Office and shall also have its own escort(s).
(j) A convoy of four oversize loads requiring
				escorts may travel in two groups separated by a distance of at least one-half
				mile unless otherwise authorized by Overweight Loads Office. Each group shall
				have its own escort(s).
(k)
				Emergency moves requiring escorts shall not be allowed to convoy outside
				daylight hours.
(l) When moves are
				confined to four-lane divided highways, and a segment of one lane is closed for
				repairs and the other lane is being used for two-way traffic, additional
				escorts may be required if a special hazard exists or the movement cannot be
				kept to the right of the centerline.
(m) Moves requiring escorts and using the
				interstate highways and intervening two lane highways shall need one escort for
				the interstate and two for the two-lane highways.
(n)
Parking
- Drivers of escort
				vehicles shall insure that escorted movements do not park on the main traveled
				portion or the shoulder of the highway unless it becomes necessary in an
				emergency, or to pass an obstacle properly. Should it be necessary to park an
				oversize movement because of an emergency, the load will be adequately
				protected by flagmen, flares, an escort vehicle, and/or other suitable warning
				devices.