Sec.14-270-18. Restrictions on travel time

(a) Permits will not be issued for the movement of oversize or overweight vehicles or combinations of vehicle and load on Saturdays, Sundays, or Holidays. Holiday restrictions may include a period of time before and after each holiday. A list of these holiday periods shall be published annually by the Department of Transportation and can be obtained by contacting the MTSU.

(b) No permittee shall move his vehicle(s) and load except during daylight hours (one-half hour after sunrise to one-half hour before sunset) unless he obtains special permission, before the move, from the Commissioner of Transportation and if weather and highway conditions are favorable.

(c) Permits may limit the hours or days of travel within those specified in subsection (a) and (b), depending upon local highway and traffic conditions.

(d) The permittee, his operator or agent, shall use reasonable judgment and shall reschedule, suspend or postpone a trip if said trip will impair the public safety because of local highway and traffic conditions.

(Effective August 26, 1985)