# COMAR Title 11 — Department of Transportation

## Subtitle 04 — State Highway Administration

### Chapter 04 — Oversize and Overweight Vehicles — Escort Vehicles, Signing, and Lighting

#### Regulation .03 Private Escort — When Required.

*COMAR 11.04.04.03*

A. One Escort. The permittee shall provide one escort vehicle for a permit move while it is traveling any highway in the State if the permit move is:

  (1) More than 13 feet wide, unless the load is a manufactured housing unit;

  (2) More than 85 feet long;

  (3) 14 feet 6 inches high or more (pole vehicle required);

  (4) More than 60 tons gross weight;

  (5) Construction equipment over 12 feet wide traveling off the interstate system; or

  (6) Traveling when weather or road conditions justify the requirement of one escort vehicle.

B. Two Escorts. The permittee shall provide two escort vehicles for a permit move if the permit move is:

  (1) 14 feet wide or more including a load that is a manufactured housing unit;

  (2) 140 feet long or more;

  (3) Traveling a road too narrow to allow other vehicles to pass safely in either direction;

  (4) Traveling against traffic that will have to be diverted or stopped; or

  (5) Traveling when weather or road conditions justify the requirement of two escort vehicles.