Pilot car
A pilot car is an escort vehicle that is used in the USA and Canada to secure the single-lane through traffic at a road construction site .
Instead of construction site traffic lights in the United States, there are often long construction sites with the traffic rule that they can only be passed under the guidance of a pilot car. This drives ahead on the approved route, all vehicles must follow the pilot car. Since the construction sites there are very confusing and sometimes only lead to sand or gravel without a road surface , there is a risk of serious damage to the vehicles. Failure to comply often results in very high fines.
Pilot cars are also used as support vehicles for heavy haulage. The individual states each have their own regulations.
Web links
- US Department of Transportation / Federal Highway Administration: Pilot / Escort Vehicle Operators Training Manual, February 2017 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ What is a Pilot Car or Escort Vehicle? Great Western Transportation website, accessed August 3, 2018
- ↑ Pilot Cars Regulations Guidelines link collection on US Pilot Cars.com, accessed on August 3, 2018