Indiana pilot car regulations
Certification: not published. Indiana's permit provisions (Form M-204) list escort vehicle rules but say nothing about an escort driver certification. The administrative code text (105 IAC 2) could not be read to confirm.
From Indiana's own rules and pages, checked 2026-10-24. Rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Escort vehicle
- The escort vehicle must have at least 4 wheels and a gross registered weight of no more than 11,000 lb. It must stay in radio contact and within 500 feet of the load.Source
- Sign
- An oversize load sign which is visible to approaching traffic. (For the permitted vehicle itself: "OVER-SIZE LOAD", at least 18 inches high and 6 to 8 feet long, black 12-inch letters with a 2-inch stroke on yellow; no separate size rule is given for the escort's sign.)
- Lights
- A flashing amber light mounted on top of the escort vehicle.
- Height pole
- Loads over 14 feet 6 inches high must have an escort with a height stick traveling in front of the load.
- Other equipment
- Radio communication with the permitted vehicle and/or load; the escort may not be more than 500 feet from it.