Ch. 654                                    LAWS OF MARYLAND

(iii) The combinations of vehicles described in
item (i) of this paragraph may only be operated on any part of
the interstate system or other. State system highways that are
designated by the Secretary in conjunction with the U.S.
Department of Transportation, or on a highway that is the
shortest practical route between a designated highway and:

1.  A truck terminal;

2.  Point of origin/destination for cargo;
or

3.  For a distance not to exceed 1 mile,
facilities for food, fuel, repairs, or rest.

24-106.2.

(a) A vehicle used to carry logs, poles, unfinished or
unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of a similar
kind, size, shape, or characteristic may not be driven on any
highway unless its load [is]:

(1) IS enclosed entirely within the sides and ends of
the body of the vehicle[.]; OR

(2)[(b) A vehicle used to carry logs, poles, unfinished or
unfabricated lumber, pipe, steel, or other materials of a similar
kind, size, shape, or characteristic may not be driven on any
highway unless its load is] IS fastened securely to both the
front and rear of the vehicle at both the front and rear of the
load, as provided in this section.

[(c)] (B) The fastening of a load to a vehicle shall be:

(1) By two separate common coil B.B. chains, the
links of which may not be less than:

(i) 3/8th of an inch in diameter for loads of 3
tons or less; or

(ii) 1/2 of an inch in diameter for loads over
2 tons; or

(2) If they have at least as much tensile strength as
the chains; by:

(i) Wire rope not less than 5/16th of an inch
in diameter;

(ii) Steel strapping;

(iii) Logistic webbing of synthetic fibers; or

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