papaindigo wrote:
I imagine things get waived/ignored during hurricane evacuations.
I would be inclined to agree with this statement. I was driving the RV and went past no less than 50 state troopers in 3 states, in both directions. I fully expected to get pulled over at least once, but not one even blinked. The mileage (as expected) sucked, but then this was a special situation. The RV was capable enough however, I could do pretty much any speed I desired. Still kept it slow for safety.
Now I have also seen numerous RV setups when NOT evacuating for a hurricane, that make me question. One of the more outlandish ones has been featured on TV on Destination America on an RV show - this thing is a 45 foot Prevost chassis monster bus RV built by Millennium Coaches out of Orlando. It has a matching paint ~24' cargo trailer (which is as tall as the bus) and then a powerboat (~20' Bayliner type) behind that! I don't know how the bus has enough motor to pull all this, but it does. This is close to 100' long. At that length, I believe they are supposed to have pilot cars - They don't. I actually saw this one in person rolling down 95 in Florida one time. Jeebus that is a big sucker.
Other things I have seen have been decent sized 5th wheel RVs pulled by big pickups, with a bumper pull flat trailer behind that - or a boat. Then there was a "tow dolly" behind an RV that had a deck between the RV and the dolly plate... With a golf cart on it! At least that one "technically" was still only a dolly, if a big one. Amazing creativity, but I'd guess none of these setups were very cheap.
Obviously the enforcement on these is either lacking, or nonexistent.