This bill requires a motor vehicle or trailer transporting intrastate a load of logs or long pulpwood that protrudes beyond the length of the motor vehicle or trailer, when the vehicle is operated on a highway or parked on the shoulder or immediately adjacent to the traveled portions of the highway, to have the following securely affixed at a length equal to or greater than the length at which the load of logs or long pulpwood protrudes beyond the length of the motor vehicle or trailer:
(1) A rear impact guard extending across the rear of the motor vehicle or trailer at a width equal to or greater than the interior width of the motor vehicle or trailer axle; or
(2) A rubber bumper or other impact absorbent guard extending across the rear of the motor vehicle or trailer at a width equal to or greater than the interior width of the motor vehicle or trailer axle.
This bill requires the affixed rear bumper or impact absorbent guard required by the provisions above to be affixed in a position that is no greater than 22 inches from the ground.
This bill classifies a violation of the provisions above as a Class C misdemeanor.
ON APRIL 10, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1357, AS AMENDED.
AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require a motor vehicle or trailer transporting a load of logs or pulpwood that protrudes at least four feet beyond the end of the body or bed of the vehicle or trailer to have the following securely affixed to the end of the projecting load while the vehicle or trailer is loaded with the protruding logs or pulpwood:
(1) One amber strobe-type lamp or amber blinking light, or one amber LED strobe light or amber LED blinking light, which must be operating while affixed to the load; and
(2) At least two red flags or at least two fluorescent orange flags, which must be in good condition and visible while affixed to the load.