Nevada pilot car regulations
Certification: required. The pilot car driver must be 18 or older, hold a valid driver's license, and be certified by finishing a current flagger course. Nevada names no state escort certification program.
From Nevada's own rules and pages, checked 2026-10-24. Rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Minimum age
- 18
- Escort vehicle
- A passenger car, or a truck with no more than two axles, rated 16,000 lb or less and at least 60 inches wide, within legal size and weight. It must not be loaded or equipped in a way that hides its safety job.Source
- Sign
- Signs visible front and rear, black letters at least 10 inches high with 1 5/8-inch minimum stroke on a yellow background, reading "OVERSIZE LOAD" or "OVERSIZE", mounted above the roofline. Shown only while escorting.
- Lights
- Two flashing or rotating amber lights above the roofline on either side of the sign, or one above the roofline visible from at least 500 feet in all directions. The permittee needs an amber light permit from the Nevada Highway Patrol (NRS 484D.185).
- Height pole
- A lead pilot car for a load over 15 ft 6 in high must carry a clearance pole.
- Other equipment
- Identification placard on each side (name and phone of the pilot car service, visible from 50 feet in daytime); 18-inch two-sided STOP/SLOW sign on a 5-foot pole; at least three reflective triangles and three 18-inch orange cones; one 5-lb BC fire extinguisher; hardhat and high-visibility apparel (ANSI/ISEA 107-2004) outside the vehicle; two-way radio compatible with the other pilot cars and the load.