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Hurricane Helene: HOS & Size Weight Restrictions Waived

Hurricane Helene: HOS & Size Weight Restrictions Waived

As Hurricane Helene strengthens as it moved toward the U.S. gulf coast, five states have issued states of emergency and enforcement bulletins relieving size and weight restrictions for trucks and oversize loads providing emergency relief.

Officials in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Kentucky have issued emergency declarations to assist in relief efforts.

Florida

Florida issued an executive order which authorized the Department of Transportation to relieve the size and weight restrictions for divisible loads on any vehicles transporting emergency equipment, services, supplies, and agricultural food commodities and citrus in excess of the normal restrictions on weight, height, length, and width restrictions for such vehicles.

Florida also suspended the enforcement of the licensing and registration requirements under IFTA and the IRP for carriers and drivers responding to the storm.

Lastly, maximum hours of service are waived for motor carriers and drivers providing emergency relief in Florida through Oct. 7.

View Florida’s emergency road use permit here.

Georgia

In Georgia, the maximum driving hours regs were also suspended for relief haulers. 

Georgia also waived size and weight regulations on state highways excluding interstates. Under the waiver, 5-axle vehicles can haul up to 95,000 pounds with a maximum width of 10 feet and length of 100 feet. If the width of the truck exceeds 8.5 feet and is traveling after daylight (30 minutes before sunset to 30 minutes after sunrise), a front and rear escort is required on two-lane highways and a rear escort required on 4-lane highways.

View Georgia’s executive order.

South Carolina

South Carolina’s declaration waives hours of service regulations for carriers and drivers providing direct assistance to emergency conditions in the state or other states impacted by the storm.

North Carolina

North Carolina’s waiver also exempts certain drivers from hours regs, including those transporting essential fuels, food, water, non-alcoholic beverages, medical supplies, feed for livestock and poultry; those transporting livestock, poultry, and crops ready to be harvested; and vehicles used in the restoration of utility and transportation services.

Kentucky

Kentucky Transportation Secretary Jim Gray has signed an official order to temporarily suspend certain restrictions for motor carrier drivers engaged in emergency response efforts to affected areas in Florida where severe, damaging weather is expected to arrive.

View Kentucky’s emergency relief waiver here.

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