To exempt stinger-steered combinations from a requirement to include warning flags on projecting loads.
Sponsored By: Representative Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]
Introduced
Summary
Exempts stinger-steered combinations hauling assembled highway vehicles from the projecting-load warning flag requirement in 49 CFR 393.87. This bill would require the Secretary of Transportation to revise that regulation as soon as practicable and to do so without notice-and-comment or any other formal rulemaking.
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- Carriers and drivers: Would let operators of stinger-steered combinations skip the projecting-load warning flag when transporting fully assembled highway vehicles, cutting a routine compliance step.
- Shippers of assembled vehicles: Would simplify moving finished cars from factory to dealer by removing the flag requirement for these rigs.
- Federal regulators: Would require DOT to change 49 CFR 393.87 quickly and to do so without engaging in notice-and-comment rulemaking.
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Exempt stinger-steered car haulers
This bill would exempt "stinger-steered combinations" that are transporting assembled highway vehicles from the federal rule that requires warning flags on projecting loads (49 C.F.R. §393.87 or a successor). The exemption would take effect beginning on the date of enactment. The Secretary of Transportation would have to revise §393.87 as soon as practicable to reflect the exemption. The Secretary would carry out that revision without notice-and-comment or any other formal rulemaking, notwithstanding any other law.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Barrett, Tom [R-MI-7]
MI • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
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