Indiana § 9-21-8-15 - Trucks and tractor-trailers; following other trucks; distance restrictions
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§ 9-21-8-15. Trucks and tractor-trailers; following other trucks; distance restrictions
Sec. 15. (a) This section does not apply to a person who drives a motor vehicle in a vehicle platoon with respect to another motor vehicle in the same vehicle platoon.
(b) Except when overtaking and passing, a person who drives a motor truck, motor truck drawing another vehicle, or tractor-trailer combination, when traveling upon a roadway outside of a business or residence district or upon a roadway that is a part of the interstate highway system, whether within or without a business or residence district, may not follow within three hundred (300) feet of another motor truck, motor truck drawing another vehicle, or a tractor-trailer combination.
[Pre-1991 Recodification Citation: 9-4-1-73(b).]
As added by P.L.2-1991, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.185-2018, SEC.40.
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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