Code of Massachusetts Regulations
700 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Title 700 CMR 8.00 - Permitting, Operation, And Transport Of Overdimensional Loads And Certain Vehicle Trailer Combinations On Certain Massachusetts Department Of Transportation Roadways
Section 8.06 - Conditions and Limitations
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
The following conditions and limitations are of general applicability and shall apply to all permits issued by the Department for overweight vehicles carrying reducible loads. The Department may apply additional conditions and limitations as in its exercise of discretion it finds necessary.
(1) No movement shall be made under permit when there are large areas of hard packed snow or ice on the surface of the road or during a snowstorm. Skid chains shall be used on the vehicle from November 1st through May 1st, in case of an emergency and installed wherever necessary provided however that 700 CMR 8.07 shall not be construed to prohibit vehicles delivering or spreading sand or deicing salt, or vehicles scraping snow and ice from road surfaces.
(2) Reasonable precaution shall be taken to prevent damage to the roadway surface, and where such damage does not occur as a result of failure to take such reasonable precautions or while the vehicle is in violation of a statute, the permit or 700 CMR 8.00, the permittee shall be held responsible for any damages or injury to persons or property or to any bridge due to or resulting from the operation of the vehicle.
(3) Permits are issued for registered vehicles only and vehicles shall be registered for the total gross weight of load and vehicle, except for certain off highway earth moving type vehicles which in special cases may be granted a permit to move within 300 yards of the construction site without being registered in accordance with M.G.L. c. 90, § 9.
(4) Vehicles exceeding the Statutory Limit may be restricted from State Highways where, in the opinion of the Chief Engineer, the safety of the traveling public is compromised.
(5) All vehicles transporting any dangerous article through the City of Boston shall comply with the requirements set forth in 700 CMR 7.00: Use of the Massachusetts Turnpike and the Metropolitan Highway System.
(6) Permits are issued with the understanding that the vehicle is properly insured, registered and that all legal requirements including operational and safety equipment imposed by the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles, Department of Public Utilities and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and any other authorized Public Agency are complied with.
(7) No vehicle shall operate at any time with a gross weight in excess of the gross weight for which such vehicle is registered. (Except as provided in 700 CMR 8.06(3), off-highway earth moving equipment.)
(8) All operators of vehicles subject to 700 CMR 8.00 shall obey all bridge posting signs. No vehicle is to be operated on or over a bridge when that vehicle is carrying a gross weight including vehicle and load in excess of the weight for which that bridge has been posted.
(9) The list of designated ways contained in 700 CMR 8.13 over which the permit authorizes travel shall be carried with the permit in the vehicle at all times, and shall be presented to appropriate law enforcement officials along with the permit when said officer requests to see the vehicle's permit. Violation of 700 CMR 8.06(9) may result in suspension of the vehicle's permit for such period of time as the Chief Engineer or his designee may determine.
(10) Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, all State and Federal laws and rules shall be obeyed.
