# The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulation 13: Turning circle—buses

Extent: E+W+S

(1) This regulation applies to a bus first used on or after 1st April 1982.
(2) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be able to move on either lock so that , both with and without all its wheels in contact with the ground, no part of it projects outside the area contained between concentric circles with radii of 12.5 m and 5.3 m.
(2A) In relation to a vehicle manufactured before 1st June 1998 paragraph (2) shall have effect as if the words “, both with and without all its wheels in contact with the ground,” were omitted.
(3) When a vehicle to which this regulation applies moves forward from rest, on either lock, so that its outermost point describes a circle of 12.5 m radius, no part of the vehicle shall project beyond the longitudinal plane which, at the beginning of the manoeuvre, defines the overall width of the vehicle on the side opposite to the direction in which it is turning by more than—
(a) 0.8 m if it is a rigid vehicle of 12m or less in overall length; or
(b) 1.2 m if it is a rigid bus of over 12m in overall length or an articulated bus.
(4) For the purpose of paragraph (3) the two rigid portions of an articulated bus shall be in line at the beginning of the manoeuvre.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-vehicles-construction-and-use-regulations-1986/regulation-13
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