The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
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Document Generated: 2012-02-28<br />
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Width<br />
8.—(1) Save asprovided in paragraph (2), the overall width of a vehicle of a class specifiedin an<br />
item in column 2 of the Table shall not exceed the maximum width specifiedin column 3 in that item.<br />
TABLE<br />
(regulation 8(1))<br />
1 2 3<br />
Item Class of vehicle Maximum width (metres)<br />
1 A locomotive, other than an agricultural motor<br />
vehicle. 2.75<br />
2 A refrigeratedvehicle 2.58<br />
3 Any other motorvehicle. 2.5<br />
4 A trailer drawnby a motor vehicle having a maximum<br />
gross weight (determined as provided in Part I of<br />
Schedule 8 to these<strong>Regulations</strong>) exceeding 3500 kg. 2.5<br />
5 An agricultural trailer. 2.5<br />
6 An agricultural trailed appliance. 2.5<br />
7 Any other trailer drawn by a vehicle other thana motor<br />
cycle. 2.3<br />
8 A trailer drawn by a motor cycle. 1.5<br />
(2) Paragraph(1) does not apply to a broken down vehicle which is being drawn in consequenceof<br />
the breakdown.<br />
(3) No personshall use or cause or permit to be used on a road a wheeled agricultural motorvehicle<br />
drawing a wheeled trailer if, when the longitudinal axes of the vehiclesare parallel but in different<br />
vertical planes, the overall width of the twovehicles, measured as if they were one vehicle, exceeds<br />
2.5 metres.<br />
(4) In thisregulation “refrigerated vehicle” means any vehicle which is specially designed for the<br />
carriage of goodsat low temperature <strong>and</strong> of which the thickness of each of the side walls, inclusiveof<br />
insulation, is at least 45 mm.<br />
Height<br />
9.—(1) <strong>The</strong> overallheight of a bus shall not exceed 4.57 m.<br />
(2) Save asprovided in paragraph (3), no person shall use or cause or permit to be usedon a road<br />
any semi-trailer if—<br />
(a) anypart of the structure of the vehicle is more than 4.2 m from the ground whenthe vehicle<br />
is on level ground; <strong>and</strong><br />
(b) thetotal laden weight of the semi-trailer <strong>and</strong> the vehicle by which it is drawnexceeds 32,520<br />
kg.<br />
(3) For thepurpose of paragraph (2) the structure of a vehicle includes any detachablestructure<br />
attached to the vehicle for the purpose of containing any load,but does not include any load which<br />
is not a detachable structure or any sheetingor other readily flexible means of covering or securing<br />
a load.<br />
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