New England Truck Permit Agreement for Oversize, Non-Divisible, Interstate Loads
This agreement was drafted to simplify obtaining approvals to move oversize and overweight trucks across state borders; establish uniform and equitable procedures to issue a single common permit authorizing such trucks to travel through the compacting states; establish procedures to collect fees regarding same. The agreement requires establishing a common set of safety regulations for these trucks. The regulations shall be based on and consistent with American Association of State Highway Traffic officials standards, and include flags, signs, lights, escort vehicles, convoys, speed, days and hours of travel, inclement weather, and lane use. The agreement becomes effective and binding between and among Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont, as contracting states when enacted or otherwise entered into by any of these states.
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