Escort vehicle

[citation needed] If the pole strikes any overhanging objects such as bridges, overhead signs, or power lines, the truck or convoy can be alerted and stopped or diverted long before an accident occurs.

[citation needed] In Australia all oversize equipment is imported in pieces on cargo ships; the components are then loaded onto trucks that are powerful enough to haul the extremely heavy machinery.

[citation needed] Along the predetermined route, which is already safe-proof from narrow roads and low objects through many years of transportation of heavy oversize machines, the front escort must have amber safety lights that can be seen from 360° and from at least 500 feet.

[citation needed] In the UK in 2017 Heavy Transport Association[4] launched a road safety initiative centered on two new Certificates of Competence issued by the City & Guilds[5] for the drivers and managers of abnormal load Escorts.

[citation needed] At the moment anyone 21 or over with a car licence, a vehicle, some amber flashing lights and an Abnormal Load sign can become an escort without any training, knowledge of the legislation or a check of competence.