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Following distance
MVC 257.643(2)
Outside the corporate limits of a city or village, a person
shall not operate a motor vehicle with a gross weight, loaded or unloaded,
in excess of 5,000 pounds within 500
feet of a similar vehicle traveling in the same direction, except to pass.
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating
The gross vehicle weight rating is established by the manufacturer
and not a lawmaking body. Exceeding the vehicle weight rating is not a
violation of any regulations governing the industry. However, it does create
other serious safety concerns and may violate and void the owner's warranty.
Operating authority
To operate a for-hire carrier of persons and/or property, a carrier must
obtain authority. Application for interstate and intrastate authority
may be made through the Michigan Public Service Commission.
Third-lane
use
MVC 257.634(3)
On freeways having
three or more lanes for travel in the same direction, trucks with a gross
weight of more than 10,000 pounds, a
truck-tractor with a trailer or a or a combination of a vehicle and trailer or semitrailer
must operate in the two right-hand lanes only. Truck speed limit
MVC 257.627(6)
A truck with a gross
weight of 10,000 pounds or more, a truck-tractor with
trailer or a combination of these vehicles shall not exceed a speed
of 55 mph and shall not exceed a speed of 60 mph on a freeway if the maximum speed limit on that freeway is 70 mph. |
Vehicle identification
MVC 257.723
All commercial vehicles with a single or combination
gross weight rating or total gross weight of more than 5,000
pounds and
all towing or platform bed wreckers must have the name, city, and
state or the registered logo or emblem of the registered owner of the
vehicle, and lessee of the vehicle if the vehicle is being operated under
lease, painted or permanently attached on each side of the vehicle in
letters of not less than 3 inches in height, and not lower than the bottom
edge of the door. This information shall be in sharp color contrast to
the background.
Except for towing or platform bed wrecker road service vehicles,
the identification requirements of subsection (1) may be met through
the use of removable devices.
This does not apply to a truck eligible for and registered
under a farm or manufacturer license plate, that has a gross vehicle
weight of less than 10,000 pounds
NOTE: Vehicles displaying a USDOT number need only comply with the identification requirements contained in the FMCSR 390.21.
Weigh stations
MVC 257.724(5)
A driver or owner of a commercial vehicle with other vehicles or trailers in combination, a truck or truck tractor with other vehicles in combination, or any special mobile equipment, who fails to stop at or bypasses any scales or weigh station is guilty of a misdemeanor. |