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buildings and recently we were carrying one 4.8m wide when police stopped the driver and told him he should have had marker boards on the sides of the load because it was more than 2.9m wide. We have now received a summons for using a vehicle carrying a load over 2.9m side.
The movement had been notified correctly and a driver's mate carried. As far as we knew we were not breaking the law. What is your view?
A It appears that no offence has been committed. A load 4.8m wide can be moved only under the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1979, but there is no requirement under the order for marker boards to be carried on wide loads.
Article 20 of the order authorises the use of a vehicle carrying a load 4.3m to 6.1m wide if the vehicle complies with all the Construction and Use Regulations other than what is now Regulation 82(1) and (2).
It is Regulation 82(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 which requires marker boards to be fitted to each side of a load which is over 2.9m wide but, as stated above, it does not apply to movements under the Special Types Order.
When the marker-board condition was added to the C&U Regulations on 17 October 1991 no corresponding amendment was made to the order.