sch.8-sec.8No travelling if low visibility

sch.8-sec.8 No travelling if low visibility

A class 1 heavy vehicle must not begin to travel if, due to circumstances such as fog, heavy rain, smoke, dust or insect plague— visibility is less than 250m in the daytime; or the headlights of a vehicle approaching within 250m could not be seen at night. If a class 1 heavy vehicle is already travelling when visibility is reduced to the level mentioned in subsection (1) , the vehicle’s driver must drive the vehicle into the nearest safe parking area and wait until visibility improves beyond that level before continuing to travel. In this section— safe parking area , for a class 1 heavy vehicle, means an area at which vehicles of that kind may be parked lawfully and safely. (sch.8-sec.8-ssec.1) A class 1 heavy vehicle must not begin to travel if, due to circumstances such as fog, heavy rain, smoke, dust or insect plague— visibility is less than 250m in the daytime; or the headlights of a vehicle approaching within 250m could not be seen at night. (sch.8-sec.8-ssec.2) If a class 1 heavy vehicle is already travelling when visibility is reduced to the level mentioned in subsection (1) , the vehicle’s driver must drive the vehicle into the nearest safe parking area and wait until visibility improves beyond that level before continuing to travel. (sch.8-sec.8-ssec.3) In this section— safe parking area , for a class 1 heavy vehicle, means an area at which vehicles of that kind may be parked lawfully and safely.

• (a) visibility is less than 250m in the daytime; or
• (b) the headlights of a vehicle approaching within 250m could not be seen at night.