13 AAC 04.275 - Towed vehicles; connections and safety devices
(a) A vehicle towed
upon a street or highway must be coupled to its towing vehicle by means of a
safety chain, chains, cable or equivalent device, in addition to the regular
hitch or coupling. No additional connecting device may contain more slack than
is necessary to permit proper turning of the vehicles connected, and the
additional connecting safety devices must be connected to both the towing and
the towed vehicles and to the drawbar or other rigid connecting device in a
manner which will prevent the drawbar or other rigid connecting device from
dropping to the ground in the event of its failure. The additional safety
devices must be of sufficient strength to retain control of the towed vehicle
in the event of failure of the rigid connecting device.
(b) The requirements of (a) of this section
do not apply to a towed vehicle which is connected to a towing vehicle by a
connecting device composed of a fifth wheel and kingpin assembly.
(c) Except as provided in (e) of this
section, when one vehicle is towing another, the drawbar or other rigid
connection must be of sufficient strength to pull all of the weight towed. The
drawbar or other connection may not exceed 15 feet in length from one vehicle
to the other, except if the connection is between two vehicles, one or both of
which transports poles, pipes, machinery or other materials of a structural
nature which cannot be readily dismembered.
(d) Except for an implement of husbandry or a
pole trailer, the drawbar or other connecting device must connect the towed
vehicle to track within six inches of the immediately preceding vehicle to
which it is connected.
(e) When one
vehicle is towing a disabled vehicle and, because of emergency or other
extenuating circumstances, there is no rigid connecting device between a towing
and a towed vehicle, there must be displayed upon the connection a white flag
or cloth at least 12 inches square.
(f) The provisions of this section do not
apply to snowmobiles or other off-highway vehicles.
Notes
Authority:AS 28.05.011
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