Trucking & hotshot laws by state
This group is what should appear when someone searches “Trucking & hotshot laws by state” or “trucking & hotshot traveling across state lines.” Each topic below has its own 50-state page and a solo layer on the live map.
Searches that should land here
- Trucking & hotshot laws by state
- Trucking & hotshot map
- Trucking & hotshot traveling
- trucking laws by state
- hotshot laws by state
- CDL hotshot rules
- weigh station pickup truck
Topics in Trucking & hotshot
- Truck / CMV speed vs cars laws by state — Lower truck speed than cars on rural interstates
- Weigh station who must stop laws by state — Hotshot / CMV weigh-station entry threshold
- Trucks in the far-left lane laws by state — Heavy trucks banned or pushed out of the leftmost interstate lane
- Winter chains for trucks laws by state — Commercial / 10k+ combo chain and traction rules
- Diesel truck idle limit laws by state — How long a diesel CMV may idle
- CDL for hotshot combos laws by state — Federal CDL line for a visiting hotshot — extra home-state classes do not follow you
- IFTA / 3-axle fuel tax laws by state — When a hotshot needs IFTA decals or a fuel trip permit
- Tarp / covered loose load laws by state — Must sand, gravel, dirt, or trash be tarped?
- Frost / spring weight cuts laws by state — Spring-thaw axle and tonnage cuts on non-Interstate roads
- Wide-load pilot / escort laws by state — About when the first escort / pilot car is required
- Weight-distance / extra truck tax laws by state — Extra per-mile or weight tax for a truck operating here (not your home-state registration)
- Parkway / truck routing bans laws by state — Parkways or state routes that ban trucks you would otherwise take
- Longer combination vehicles laws by state — May you run western doubles, Rocky Mountain doubles, or triples here?
- Oversize travel hours laws by state — When a permitted oversize load may move here
- IRP / trip permit (plates) laws by state — Apportioned plates or a trip permit when you enter — not your car registration
- Truck rest-area time limits laws by state — How long a commercial truck may stay at a state rest area
- 53-ft / 57-ft trailers laws by state — Can you pull a 53-ft or 57-ft trailer on this state's designated network?
- Visiting-truck clean-fleet / TRU laws by state — Clean-truck or reefer (TRU) rules that hit visiting trucks, not just local fleets