New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 21 - LICENSING SERVICE
Subchapter 12 - FARM VEHICLES
Section 13:21-12.6 - Vehicle dimensions
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 13:21-12.6
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Vehicles as described in this subchapter may not be operated on a highway when the vehicle, including load, exceeds a maximum width of eight feet and/or maximum overall length exceeds 50 feet unless such operation is in compliance with the following safety regulations concerning vehicles in excess of these regulatory dimensions:
1. Any farm vehicle, implement or machinery,
including load, which exceeds eight feet in width and/or 50 feet in length shall
display four red flags, one each on the outside extremities of the vehicle, both
front and rear:
i. Such flags shall measure not
less than 18 inches square.
ii. The top
edge of the flags shall not be less than 48 inches from the surface of the
roadway.
2. Any farm vehicle,
implement or machinery and/or load which exceeds 12 feet in width and/or 60 feet in
length will, in addition to the red flags provided for in (a) above, require one
escorting vehicle when operating on a highway.
3. Farm vehicles, implements or machinery towed by
a farm tractor shall be connected to the motor propelled vehicle or to the vehicle
to which it is immediately attached, by at least one chain in addition to the hitch
bar, of sufficient strength to hold the motor drawn vehicle on a hill if the
hitching bar becomes disconnected.
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