Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-14-120.1
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Vehicles 12 or more feet wide to be escorted
Official statutory text
A. 1. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles with an outside
width that exceeds twelve (12) feet operating on highways in the
state, including the National System of Interstate and Defense
Highways, shall, in addition to being in compliance with provisions
of Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, be accompanied by an escort
vehicle or vehicles, as prescribed by the Department of
Transportation.
2. Escort vehicle requirements shall not apply to retail
implement dealers transporting farm implements from a retail
distribution point to a farm or other location within a one hundred
fifty (150) air-mile radius from the distribution point. For the
purposes of this subsection, "retail implement dealers" shall mean a
business engaged primarily in the sale of farm tractors as defined
in Section 1-118 of this title or implements of husbandry as defined
in Section 1-125 of this title or a combination thereof.
B. No person shall operate an escort vehicle for hire, as
required by this section, unless the person has been certified by
the Department of Transportation as an escort vehicle operator.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 686
C. Any person not required to be certified by the Department of
Transportation as an escort vehicle operator may tow a trailer when
escorting a manufactured home. Such trailer shall not exceed eight
and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length
with siding not to exceed four (4) feet in height measured from the
bed of the trailer.
The trailer may only be used to transport supplies and equipment
necessary to carry out the mission of escort vehicle operators.
D. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation
shall promulgate rules for the certification of operators of escort
vehicles and the use of escort vehicles, as required by this
section.
E. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation
is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal compacts and
agreements with other states for the purpose of recognizing escort
vehicle operator certifications issued by those states.
width that exceeds twelve (12) feet operating on highways in the
state, including the National System of Interstate and Defense
Highways, shall, in addition to being in compliance with provisions
of Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, be accompanied by an escort
vehicle or vehicles, as prescribed by the Department of
Transportation.
2. Escort vehicle requirements shall not apply to retail
implement dealers transporting farm implements from a retail
distribution point to a farm or other location within a one hundred
fifty (150) air-mile radius from the distribution point. For the
purposes of this subsection, "retail implement dealers" shall mean a
business engaged primarily in the sale of farm tractors as defined
in Section 1-118 of this title or implements of husbandry as defined
in Section 1-125 of this title or a combination thereof.
B. No person shall operate an escort vehicle for hire, as
required by this section, unless the person has been certified by
the Department of Transportation as an escort vehicle operator.
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 47. Motor Vehicles Page 686
C. Any person not required to be certified by the Department of
Transportation as an escort vehicle operator may tow a trailer when
escorting a manufactured home. Such trailer shall not exceed eight
and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length
with siding not to exceed four (4) feet in height measured from the
bed of the trailer.
The trailer may only be used to transport supplies and equipment
necessary to carry out the mission of escort vehicle operators.
D. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation
shall promulgate rules for the certification of operators of escort
vehicles and the use of escort vehicles, as required by this
section.
E. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation
is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal compacts and
agreements with other states for the purpose of recognizing escort
vehicle operator certifications issued by those states.
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