MO oversize during bad road conditions

You Sir are Correct about must have rear vision on oversize loads.. the rear vision may be either extended mirrors or rear vision camera's. The mirrors must allow you to see a minimum of 200' to the rear of your vehicle in the adjacent lanes to your travel lane.
This also applies to Oregon, Washington,Idaho, & soon to be more states added to the list.

 

With the way the states are for money and the enforcement of the rules under CSA, such statements really do not stand in the best position for a driver to risk their license and lifestyle.

I know as a company person, you will disagree, but you are not in the position of losing your job by such risks.

 

I am in the position of losing my company if we don't comply to the law. The point I was making is that government loves to make a very restrictive & not practical law.

 

I'm not positive about this, but I'm going to take a stab at it. The point of the previous statement was that most restrictions contain similar verbiage. What you need to learn is more about the enforcement of the state. Missouri (from my limited experience) was pretty lenient on OD restrictions with the exception of curfews. Kansas was very strict, if the road was wet travel wasn't going to happen. The restrictions are written very much the same, but the enforcement is totally different. We had drivers take their OD loads thru Missouri in moderate snow that turned to light rain at the Kansas border. No problems in MO, but as soon as we crossed the line we joined the parking lot full of other OD loads.

 

I see that you missed the point.

 

it's what I do

 

So, but should you require a driver to take the risk?

 

I don't require drivers to take risks. I never said anything about forcing a driver to run in bad weather. All of my drivers, company or independent contractors are free to make their own decision about whether they should be driving based on road conditions. I have never told a driver that they had to go drive in adverse weather.

My point was that the verbage states choose make it so you should not be on the road in a stiff breeze. Driver's hauling oversize loads are unfairly targeted when they are some of the safest drivers on the road.

Just because I am a company owner does not mean I mistreat drivers.

 

My point is simple as well.

These rules are very vague. Many of the drivers may decide to not run because of the wording.

You left the image, that you saw no reason to not run, since only 5% might get stopped.

 

The rules leave that image and I suspect they're that way on purpose for nothing more than to generate extra revenue.