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Okla. Stat. tit. 47, § 47-14-120.1: Vehicles 12 or more feet wide to be escorted

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  2. Title 47

A. 1. Any vehicle or combination of vehicles with an outside

width that exceeds twelve (12) feet operating on highways in the

state, including the National System of Interstate and Defense

Highways, shall, in addition to being in compliance with provisions

of Section 14-101 et seq. of this title, be accompanied by an escort

vehicle or vehicles, as prescribed by the Department of

Transportation.

2. Escort vehicle requirements shall not apply to retail

implement dealers transporting farm implements from a retail

distribution point to a farm or other location within a one hundred

fifty (150) air-mile radius from the distribution point. For the

purposes of this subsection, "retail implement dealers" shall mean a

business engaged primarily in the sale of farm tractors as defined

in Section 1-118 of this title or implements of husbandry as defined

in Section 1-125 of this title or a combination thereof.

B. No person shall operate an escort vehicle for hire, as

required by this section, unless the person has been certified by

the Department of Transportation as an escort vehicle operator.

C. Any person not required to be certified by the Department of

Transportation as an escort vehicle operator may tow a trailer when

escorting a manufactured home. Such trailer shall not exceed eight

and one-half (8 1/2) feet in width and twenty (20) feet in length

with siding not to exceed four (4) feet in height measured from the

bed of the trailer.

The trailer may only be used to transport supplies and equipment

necessary to carry out the mission of escort vehicle operators.

D. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation

shall promulgate rules for the certification of operators of escort

vehicles and the use of escort vehicles, as required by this

section.

E. The Executive Director of the Department of Transportation

is hereby authorized to enter into reciprocal compacts and

agreements with other states for the purpose of recognizing escort

vehicle operator certifications issued by those states.

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