Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
60Projection of loading or equipment of vehicles
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60 Projection of loading or equipment of vehicles
60 Projection of loading or equipment of vehicles
(1) A person must not drive on a road—
(a) a motor vehicle, not being a motor bike or a mobile crane 9.5 metres or less in length, if the loading or equipment on the vehicle or trailer drawn by the vehicle projects—
(i) more than 150 millimetres beyond the extreme outer portion of either side of the vehicle or trailer, or
(ii) if the vehicle is a mobile crane—more than 3.5 metres in front of the steering wheel of the vehicle, or
(iii) if the vehicle is not a mobile crane—more than 1.2 metres in front of the headlights of the motor vehicle, or
(iv) if the vehicle does not exceed 9.5 metres in length or a trailer—more than 1.2 metres to the rear of the motor vehicle or trailer, except as provided by subsection (3), or
(v) if the vehicle exceeds 9.5 metres in length—to the rear of the vehicle beyond a point 4 metres from the rear overhang line, or
(b) a motor bike without a sidecar attached if the loading or equipment on the motor bike projects—
(i) more than 150 millimetres in front of the outer extremity of the front wheel, or
(ii) more than 300 millimetres behind the outer extremity of the rear wheel, or
(iii) beyond the extreme outer portion of the motor bike on either side, or
(c) a motor bike with a sidecar attached if—
(i) a part of the vehicle or its loading or equipment projects more than 600 millimetres in front of the outer extremity of the front wheel or more than 900 millimetres behind the outer extremity of the rear wheel of the motor bike, or
(ii) a part of the vehicle or its loading or equipment projects more than 900 millimetres behind the outer extremity of the rear wheel of the motor bike, or
(iii) the loading or equipment projects beyond the extreme outer portion of the vehicle on either side, or
(d) an articulated vehicle first registered on or after 1 January 1960, not being a vehicle to which a pole-type trailer is attached, if a part of the semi-trailer or its loading or equipment projects more than 1.9 metres radially forward of the axis of the pivot pin, or
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