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§ 24-106.2. Vehicles carrying logs, poles, unfinished or unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or o...

West's Annotated Code of MarylandTransportationEffective: April 9, 2013

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Transportation
Title 24. Vehicle Laws--Size, Weight, and Load; Highway Preservation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 1. Size, Weight, and Load (Refs & Annos)
Effective: April 9, 2013
MD Code, Transportation, § 24-106.2
§ 24-106.2. Vehicles carrying logs, poles, unfinished or unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other similar materials
Currentness
Load required to be secured to both the front and rear of vehicle
(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.
Equipment requirements for fastening load to vehicle
(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) ⅜ of an inch in diameter for loads of 3 tons or less; or
(ii) ½ 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.

Credits

Added by Acts 1977, c. 14, § 2, eff. July 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1983, c. 235; Acts 1984, c. 255; Acts 1986, c. 472, § 1; Acts 1988, c. 6, § 1; Acts 1988, c. 720; Acts 1994, c. 165, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1994, c. 166, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Acts 1995, c. 3, § 2, eff. March 7, 1995; Acts 2013, c. 18, § 1, eff. April 9, 2013.
Formerly Art. 66 ½, § 14-106.
MD Code, Transportation, § 24-106.2, MD TRANS § 24-106.2
Current through legislation effective through May 9, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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