Outsize Vehicles

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Wed 1 Sep 2004 14:19
Outsize Vehicles - Bromptonaut
I'm sure this has come up before but can't find anything on a search.

Joined the M1 from the M18 last night c17:15. Shortly afterwards overheads advise queue ahead and advisory 40. Road heavily congested and moving at around 35 - 45. Eventually, somewhere by East Mids Airport, pass a multi wheel trailer hauled by a large tractor unit branded for a maker of trains and power transmission gear occupying lane one and almost (a clue to the guilty firm!) half of lane two. Presumably returning from a job since its load would comfortably have fitted on a flat bed Transit. Thereafter traffic thinned remarkably and covered the last hour to j16 at about the legal limit.


Is there any control on when these things are allowed out to play or can the operators mess up other people’s journeys as they please?


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Wed 1 Sep 2004 17:14
Outsize Vehicles - Dwight Van Driver
These are Special Vehicles because their width exceeds that allowed by Con and Use Regs and as such are governed by their own Regulations - Authorisation of Special Types Regs.

They have to give 48 hours notice of movement on a special form to Police and Highways of each and every area they pass through.

Before moving off the driver usually contacts the Police Control Room at the start of the journey and each area through which it travels. Then the movement is vetted and:

Movement put on hold if some special circumstance/problems are present on the route, or

Police Escort/Highways Agency(MWay) arranged, or

depending on width and area involved, allowed to travel on its own.

DVD
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