28-1110

28-1110. Escort vehicle operation; training
and certification; insurance; exemption

A. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any individual operating an escort
vehicle that is escorting a vehicle required to be permitted pursuant to this article or
article 19 of this chapter on a highway in this state shall have completed training in
and be certified by a program that meets the escort vehicle operator training and
certification standards of the commercial vehicle safety alliance or an equivalent
program that meets the same objectives before entering into service as an escort vehicle
operator.

B. An escort vehicle operator shall repeat training and certification requirements
at least once every four years.

C. An escort vehicle operator shall:

1. Be at least eighteen years of age.

2. Have a valid driver license.

3. Have a legible and valid escort vehicle operator certificate issued in this
state or in another state in the operator's immediate possession while operating an
escort vehicle that is escorting a vehicle required to be permitted pursuant to this
article or article 19 of this chapter on a highway in this state.

4. Have a minimum of four hours of training in certified traffic control
techniques.

D. Escort vehicle operators who are trained and certified pursuant to subsection C,
paragraph 4 may perform traffic control under guidelines developed by the department of
transportation, the department of public safety and the transportation industry. Escort
vehicle operators who perform traffic control must have in force a minimum level of
commercial liability insurance as prescribed by the director of the department of
transportation and that is not less than five hundred thousand dollars.

E. An individual who operates an escort vehicle in violation of this section or
rules adopted by the director relating to the operation of escort vehicles is responsible
for a civil traffic violation.

F. A department or agency of this state shall not consider the violation for the
purpose of determining whether the person's driver license should be suspended or revoked
and a court shall not transmit abstracts of records of judgment for the violation to the
department.

G. This section does not apply to law enforcement personnel escorting
overdimensional permitted loads in the conduct of their normal duties or under contract
to governmental entities.

H. A certification issued by another state authorizing a person to escort vehicles
required to be permitted pursuant to this article or article 19 of this chapter on a
highway in this state satisfies the certification requirements of this section but does
not authorize the person to perform traffic control.