Wyoming pilot car regulations
Certification: not required. Wyoming's oversize rule (WYDOT Chapter 5) sets escort equipment and procedures but names no escort driver certification.
From Wyoming's own rules and pages, checked 2026-10-24. Rules change: the state's page is the last word.
- Escort vehicle
- Any licensed single motor vehicle. No motorcycles and no vehicles towing a trailer.Source
- Sign
- OVERSIZE LOAD sign on a yellow background, at least 60 inches wide by 10 inches high, black letters at least 8 inches high and 1 inch wide on one line, kept clean and fully visible. Shown only while escorting.
- Lights
- A revolving amber light, amber strobe, or a pair of flashing amber lights at least 4 inches across (LED allowed), visible at least 1,000 feet from front and rear; off when not on a permitted move. Headlights and taillights on.
- Flags
- Red or fluorescent orange flags on a staff at each end of the OVERSIZE LOAD sign, at least 12 square inches.
- Height pole
- Any move over 17 feet high needs a front escort with a height-measuring device, about 1,000 feet ahead.
- Other equipment
- Two-way radios in escort and escorted vehicles (cell or satellite phones do not count); emergency triangles; extra OVERSIZE LOAD signs and flags; a fire extinguisher of at least 5 lb with BC rating (10 lb BC for hazmat loads).