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Overhang of vehicles - Reg 226
1. No person shall operate on a public road
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a semi-trailer, the front overhang of
which exceeds one comma eight metres; or
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a vehicle, other than a semi-trailer or a
trailer with one axle or one axle unit, the front overhang
of which exceeds –
i. 60 per cent of the wheelbase;
ii. Six comma two metres in the case of a vehicle
having the front surface of the back rest of the driving
seat at seat level not more than one comma seven metres
from the front end of the vehicle when such seat, if
adjustable, is in the rearmost position, less half the
wheelbase: Provided that the wheelbase of a bus-train
shall be the distance measured from the centre of the
front axle to the centre of the middle axle; or
iii. Five comma eight metres in the case of any other
vehicle, less half the wheelbase.
2. No person shall operate on a public road
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(a) a vehicle designed or adapted for use
in connection with street cleaning or the disposal of
refuse or sewage, or any bus or motor home, the rear
overhang of which exceeds 70 per cent of its wheel base;
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a trailer, other than a semi-trailer,
which is equipped with –
i. one axle;
ii. one axle unit; or
iii. two axles, the distance between the centre-lines of
which is less than one comma two metres, if the rear
overhang exceeds 50 per cent of the length of the body of
such trailer; or
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any vehicle, not referred to in paragraph
(a) or (b), the rear overhang of which exceeds 60 per cent
of its wheelbase.
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REAR OVERHANG
The rear overhang
of refuse collector, road making and road construction vehicles
and farming vehicles is 70% of the wheelbase.
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