Use The M1
Page 31
If you've noticed an error in this article please click here to report it so we can fix it.
AN appeal to drivers of vehicles carrying wide loads and abnormal indivisible loads to by-pass St. Albans by using the M1 through Hertfordshire and not the AS or the A6, has been made by the county's chief constable. The law on wide loads, it is pointed out, is no different from that on ordinary roads and all that is required is the usual notice. "Loads as wide as 17-ft. have gone along the M1 unescorted in perfect safety and at quite a pace," it is stated.
For abnormal indivisible loads the regulations are the same as on ordinary roads except that no load over 14-ft. wide may use a motorway without specific Ministry of Transport authority.
Superintendent F. W. Pritchard, of the Hertfordshire traffic department, says: "We suspect that operators sometimes avoid the Ml. through ignorance either of the regulations on the matter or. of its potentialities as an easy and rapid route for large vehicles."