Explanatory note

These Regulations amend Regulation 12 of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982 which impose restrictions on the use of the right hand or offside lane of motorways.

The restriction on passenger vehicles with an overall length exceeding 12 metres and the restriction on vehicles drawing a trailer is unchanged. The restriction on other load carrying vehicles is framed as a restriction on goods vehicles with an operating weight exceeding 7.5 tonnes, the expressions “goods vehicle” and “operating weight” having the same meanings as in sections 104(1C) and 104(1B) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967. There is an additional restriction on any other vehicle (except a passenger vehicle) which is a heavy motor car, a motor tractor, a light locomotive, or a heavy locomotive.