29200.  (a) The department shall adopt regulations relating to the
safe loading, securement, and transporting of logs and poles.  The
regulations shall include provisions prescribing the types of bunks
and bunk stakes which may be used in combination in transporting logs
and poles.
   (b) In adopting these regulations the department shall consider
the type of vehicle to be used, the construction of loads, and the
types of binders, stakes, and restraining devices required to
securely contain the load.
   (c) It is unlawful to fail to comply with any provision of these
regulations.



29201.  The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the
transportation of poles on a pole dolly by public utility companies
or local public agencies engaged in the business of supplying
electricity or telephone service, by the Department of
Transportation, or by a licensed contractor in the performance of
work for a utility, the Department of Transportation, or a local
public agency, when such transportation is between storage yards or
between a storage yard and job location where such poles are to be
used, but in no event shall more than nine poles be transported on
any dolly if any such pole exceeds a length of 30 feet.  If poles 30
feet or less in length are transported by pole or pipe dolly, not
more than 18 poles shall be so transported.  Poles shall be
adequately secured when being transported on a dolly to prevent
shifting or spilling of loads.