Regulation 8 WidthI1
England, Wales and Scotland
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.
TABLE
(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 | F1A refrigerated vehicle, conditioned container or swap body | F22·60 |
| 3 | Any other motor vehicle. | F32.55 |
| 4 | F4A trailer drawn by a motor vehicle other than a motor cycle. | 2.55 |
| F5. . . | . . . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| . . . | . . . | . . . |
| 8 | A trailer drawn by a motor cycle. | 1.5 |
Paragraph (1) does not apply to a broken down vehicle which is being drawn in consequence of the breakdown.
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 F62.55 metres.
In this regulation—
“refrigerated vehicle” means any vehicle which is specially designed for the carriage of goods at low temperature and of which the thickness of each of the side walls inclusive of insulation, is at least 45 mm; and
“conditioned container or swap body” means a container or swap body used to carry goods at controlled temperatures on different modes of transport.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in reg. 8(1) Table substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 11(1)
- F2
Word in reg. 8(1) Table substituted (1.1.1989) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 7) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1871), regs. 1, 3 (with reg. 2(2))
- F3
Word in reg. 8(1) Table substituted (1.1.1996) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3051), regs. 1, 4(2)
- F4
Words in reg. 8(1) Table substituted (20.4.2010) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)(Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/964), regs. 1, 2(2)
- F5
Words in reg. 8(1) Table omitted (20.4.2010) by virtue of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use)(Amendment)(No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/964), regs. 1, 2(3)
- F6
Word in reg. 8(3) substituted (1.1.1996) by The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/3051), regs. 1, 4(3)
- F7
Reg. 8(4) substituted (1.10.2017) by The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) and (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/881), regs. 1, 11(2)