Md. Code, Transportation § 24-106.2
This is the official text of Md. Code, Transportation § 24-106.2, part of Maryland’s Code, Transportation — governs vehicles, drivers, and roadways.
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§24–106.
Official statutory text
§24–106.2.
(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles used to carry piling, poles, mill logs, unfinished or unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of a similar kind, size, shape, or characteristic may not be driven on any highway unless its load is fastened securely to both the front and rear of the vehicle at both the front and rear of the load, as provided in this section.
(b) The fastening of a load to a vehicle shall be:
(1) By two separate common coil B.B. chains, the links of which may not be less than:
(i) 3/8 of an inch in diameter for loads of 3 tons or less; or
(ii) 1/2 of an inch in diameter for loads over 3 tons;
(2) If they have at least as much tensile strength as the chains, by:
(i) Wire rope not less than 5/16 of an inch in diameter;
(ii) Steel strapping; or
(iii) Logistic webbing of synthetic fibers; or
(3) As specified in Part 393 of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and adopted jointly by the Administration and the Department of State Police.
(a) A vehicle or combination of vehicles used to carry piling, poles, mill logs, unfinished or unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of a similar kind, size, shape, or characteristic may not be driven on any highway unless its load is fastened securely to both the front and rear of the vehicle at both the front and rear of the load, as provided in this section.
(b) The fastening of a load to a vehicle shall be:
(1) By two separate common coil B.B. chains, the links of which may not be less than:
(i) 3/8 of an inch in diameter for loads of 3 tons or less; or
(ii) 1/2 of an inch in diameter for loads over 3 tons;
(2) If they have at least as much tensile strength as the chains, by:
(i) Wire rope not less than 5/16 of an inch in diameter;
(ii) Steel strapping; or
(iii) Logistic webbing of synthetic fibers; or
(3) As specified in Part 393 of the federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations and adopted jointly by the Administration and the Department of State Police.
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