45 IAC 16-1-10 - Vehicle identification; numbering and lettering
Authority: IC 8-2.1-18-6
Affected: IC 8-2.1-18
Sec. 10.
NUMBERING AND LETTERING OF MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) Method of Identification of Motor
Vehicles Operated in Intrastate Commerce. No intrastate common or contract
carrier for hire shall operate motor vehicles over the public highways of the
State of Indiana unless there shall be displayed on both sides of each vehicle
operated under its own power the name or trade name of the motor carrier under
whose authority the vehicle or vehicles is or are being operated and the
certificate or permit number assigned to such operating authority by the
Commission. The certificate or permit number shall be in the following form:
"P.S.C.I. No. _____ ", but need not include any sub-numbers which may have been
assigned. If the name of any person other than the operating carrier appears on
a vehicle operated either alone or in combination under its own power, the name
of the operating carrier shall be followed by the information required above
and shall be preceded by the words "operated by".
(b) Size, Shape and Color. The display of
name and number prescribed in this Rule [this section] shall
be in letters and figures not less than one and three-fourths (1 3/4) of an
inch in height nor shall said letters and figures be less than three-eighths
(3/8) of an inch in letter-line or stroke width. All such letters and figures
shall contrast in shape and color to the background on which they are displayed
and shall be so located on each side of the motor vehicle as to be plainly
visible to the traveling public at all times. If display is accomplished
through use of a removable device, such device shall be firmly attached to the
motor vehicle; it shall be constructed of durable material, such as wood,
plastic or metal, and otherwise so prepared as to meet the identification and
legibility requirements set out in this Rule [this section].
(c) Passenger Vehicles-When
Exempted; Procedure. Paragraphs (a), (b) and (e) of this Rule [this
section] shall not apply to motor vehicles used in the transportation
of passengers by common carriers when such vehicles are used in providing
through transportation of passengers, in regular services, over the authorized
routes of two or more of such carriers under a continuing interchange or lease
of equipment arrangement between such carriers, if the vehicle owner's name and
certificate numbers are displayed thereon in the manner provided in Paragraph
(a) herein, and if there shall have been filed with the Director and posted in
each terminal and ticket agency on the involved routes a published schedule of
the carriers, clearly showing the points or places between which each carrier
assumes and bears complete control and responsibility for the operation of the
interchanged or leased vehicle.
(d) Method of Identification of Motor
Vehicles Operated in Interstate Commerce. No interstate common or contract
carrier for hire shall operate motor vehicles over the public highways in the
State of Indiana unless there shall be displayed on each such motor vehicle
such identification of carrier name and operating authority as required by the
Rules and Regulations of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
(e) Method of Identification for Motor
Vehicles Operated in Both Interstate and Intrastate Commerce. No common or
contract carrier for hire which holds authority to operate in both intrastate
and interstate commerce within the borders of the State of Indiana shall
operate motor vehicles over the public highways of said State unless there
shall be displayed thereon the intrastate P.S.C.I. identification required by
Paragraph (a) of this Rule [this section], as well as the
interstate identification required by Paragraph (d) of this Rule.
Notes
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