{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-30",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003/article-30.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1998",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-authorisation-of-special-types-general-order-2003",
  "path": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": "Motor vehicles or trailers carrying loads of exceptional width: restrictions on width and speed",
  "text": "(1) The overall width of a vehicle falling within the recognised category of special vehicles mentioned in article 28(1), together with the width of any lateral projection or projections of the load carried on it, must not exceed 6.1 metres.\n(2) The vehicle must not travel at speeds exceeding—\n(a) 40 miles per hour on a motorway;\n(b) 35 miles per hour on a dual carriageway;\n(c) 30 miles per hour on any other road.\n(3) Nothing in this article is to be taken to authorise travel at any speed in excess of any speed restriction imposed by or under any other enactment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 30 in force at 25.8.2003, see art. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1998/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T08:03:48.437327+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}