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8.—(1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), the overall width of a vehicle of a class specified in an item in column 2 of the Table shall not exceed the maximum width specified in column 3 in that item.
(regulation 8(1))
1 | 2 | 3 |
---|---|---|
Item | Class of vehicle | Maximum width (metres) |
1 | A locomotive, other than an agricultural motor vehicle. | 2.75 |
2 | A refrigerated vehicle | 2.58 |
3 | Any other motor vehicle. | 2.5 |
4 | A trailer drawn by a motor vehicle having a maximum gross weight (determined as provided in Part I of Schedule 8 to these Regulations) exceeding 3500 kg. | 2.5 |
5 | An agricultural trailer. | 2.5 |
6 | An agricultural trailed appliance. | 2.5 |
7 | Any other trailer drawn by a vehicle other than a motor cycle. | 2.3 |
8 | A trailer drawn by a motor cycle. | 1.5 |
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a broken down vehicle which is being drawn in consequence of the breakdown.
(3) No person shall use or cause or permit to be used on a road a wheeled agricultural motor vehicle drawing a wheeled trailer if, when the longitudinal axes of the vehicles are parallel but in different vertical planes, the overall width of the two vehicles, measured as if they were one vehicle, exceeds 2.5 metres.
(4) In this regulation “refrigerated vehicle” means
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