Special Requirements Flashcards
If you wish to haul a load or move equipment that is heavier, longer, wider, or higher than the law allows, you must obtain a ________ _________ from the Texas
Department of Transportation.
Special permit
All commercial motor vehicles, truck tractors, trailers, or semitrailers must carry ___________ ___________ on the vehicles while operating on a public
highway.
Registration papers
The first thing the driver of a disabled vehicle must do is put out the proper________, _________, or __________.
Flares, flags, reflectors
When should you use your hazard warning signal lights?
When any truck, bus, truck tractor, trailer, semitrailer, or pole trailer 80 inches or more in width or 30 feet or more in overall length is stopped upon a roadway or adjacent shoulder.
Commercial vehicles that are subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations must be equipped with a _______ _______ that is properly filled and located so that it is readily accessible for use.
Fire extinguisher
Trailers, semitrailers, and pole trailers with a
gross weight of _______ pounds or less are exempt
from brake requirements.
4,500
If the trailer and the combination is 3,000 pounds or less, the combination must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling 20 miles per hour.
40
If the trailer and the combination is in excess of 3,000 pounds, the combination must be able to stop within ____ feet when traveling 20 miles per hour.
50
The _______ ______ must reach to within 8 inches of the surface of the highway and are for the purpose of preventing the slinging of mud and slush.
Mudflaps
After January 1, 1972, shall be equipped with the following lamps and reflectors:
Two head lamps & red reflectors, One taillight mounted as far to left as practicable, Vehicular hazard warning lights
Slow-moving vehicles are those designed to operate at a maximum speed of ____ mph or less.
25
All vehicles, farm and other machinery, and
road machinery being drawn by animals or by slow-
moving motor vehicles are considered a _______ ________ vehicle.
Slow moving
Any vehicle with wheels having cleats, lugs, flanges, studs, spikes, or other extensions on the rim which would damage the road is considered _________ ________.
Unlawful equipment
No vehicle, including the load it is hauling, may be more than ____ feet in height from ground to the top of the load.
14
Vehicles including loads transported may not exceed ______ inches in width
102
What is the maximum length for a single motor vehicle other than a truck tractor
45 feet
What is the maximum length for a semitrailer when operated in a truck tractor and semitrailer combination?
59 feet
A semitrailer or trailer may not exceed a length of
_________ feet each when operated in a truck tractor,
semitrailer, and trailer combination.
28 1/2
No combination of vehicles, other than a truck
tractor-trailer combination may exceed _____ feet.
65
Not more than _________ vehicles may be operated in a combination.
3
The greatest weight allowed for any vehicle or combination of vehicles including the load is _________ pounds.
80,000
When any load extends more than four feet beyond the rear, there must be attached on the extreme rear of such extension, a red flag at least twelve inches square during daylight hours and at night a _________ ________ light visible for 500 feet.
Burning red
When one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar, chain, rope, cable, or other connection must not be longer than _________ feet from one vehicle to the
other.
15
When a chain, rope, or cable is used as a connection,
a _______ _______ not less than twelve inches square must be attached to it.
White flag
