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Motor Vehicles Act 1949
52Maximum length, &c., of vehicles
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52 Maximum length, &c., of vehicles
A person shall not drive, or cause or permit to be driven:
(a) a motor vehicle, without a trailer, (other than an articulated
vehicle) the length of which exceeds 12.2 metres;
(b) an articulated vehicle, the length of which exceeds
16.5 metres;
(c) an articulated vehicle, the length of a component portion of
which exceeds 12.2 metres;
(d) a trailer, the length of which:
(i) where it is self-tracking, exceeds 16.8 metres;
Division 2 Length, width, height and mass of nonconforming vehicles
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(ii) where it is not self-tracking, exceeds 12.2 metres;
(iii) where it is one of 2 or 3 trailers attached to the same
motor vehicle, exceeds 13.8 metres; or
(iv) where it is hauled behind an articulated vehicle, exceeds
12.2 metres;
(e) a motor vehicle to which one trailer is attached where the total
length of the motor vehicle and trailer exceeds 30.5 metres;
(f) a motor vehicle to which 2 or 3 trailers are attached where the
total length of the motor vehicle and trailers exceeds 4 metres;
(g) a vehicle where its width exceeds 2.5 metres; or
(h) a vehicle where the distance from the surface of the road to
the highest part of the vehicle or the load on that vehicle
exceeds 4.4 metres.