Iowa Code § 321E.24
Warning and lighting devices on oversize vehicles and loads
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2012
Any vehicle and load which exceed the limits provided in section 321.457 and in excess of a length of seventy-five feet shall carry a warning device clearly visible to a motorist approaching from the rear for a distance of five hundred feet.
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A regarding oversize load signs, warning flags, vehicle length warning lights, and projecting-load lights. A vehicle or combination of vehicles with a gross weight or combined gross weight exceeding eighty thousand pounds shall not be required to display warning lights based on the vehicle’s weight, but may otherwise be required to display warning lights based on length, a projecting load, or other factors, as provided by law.
83 Acts, ch 116, §10
83 Acts, ch 116, §10; 2013 Acts, ch 49, §19; 2023 Acts, ch 60, §2
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