The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

Turning circle

5.—(1) For the heading preceding regulation 13 there shall be substituted–

“Turning circle—buses”.

(2) After regulation 13 there shall be inserted–

“Turning circle—articulated vehicles other than those incorporating a car transporter

13A—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), this regulation applies to an articulated vehicle having an overall length exceeding 15.

5m.

(2) This regulation does not apply to an articulated vehicle, the semi-trailer of which–

(a)was manufactured before the 1st April 1990,

(b)on that date, had an overall length exceeding 12.2m, and

(c)has an overall length that does not exceed the overall length it had on that date.

(3) This regulation does not apply to an articulated vehicle the semi-trailer of which is–

(a)a car transporter,

(b)a low loader,

(c)a stepframe low loader, or

(d)constructed and normally used for the conveyance of indivisible loads of exceptional length.

(4) Every vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be able to move on either lock so that, disregarding the things set out in paragraph (i)(a) to (m) in the definition of “overall width” in the Table in regulation 3(2), no part of it projects outside the area contained between concentric circles with radii of 12.5m and 5.3m.

Turning circle—articulated vehicles incorporating a car transporter

13B—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) this regulation applies to an articulated vehicle having an overall length exceeding 15.

5m, the semi-trailer of which is a car transporter.

(2) This regulation does not apply to an articulated vehicle, the semi-trailer of which satisfied the following conditions–

(a)it was manufactured before the 1st April 1990, and

(b)the distance from the front of the trailer to the rearmost axle is no greater than it was on that date.

(3) This regulation does not apply to an articulated vehicle the semi-trailer of which is–

(a)a low loader, or

(b)a stepframe low loader.

(4) Every articulated vehicle to which this regulation applies shall be able to move on either lock so that, disregarding the things set out in paragraph (i)(a) to (m) in the definition of “overall width” in the Table in regulation 3(2), no part of–

(a)the motor vehicle drawing the car transporter, or

(b)the car transporter to the rear of the transverse plane passing through the king pin,

projects outside the area between concentric circles with radii of 12.5m and 5.3m.”.