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SAUDI ARABIA is imposing new restrictions on vehicles entering the country from June 1.
If the new rules are broken drivers will be liable to a fine — of' undisclosed proportions — or 10 The regulations are said to be confused. There is a honeymoon period of three months before June 1. Department of Transport spokesmen translate them as meaning; articulated vehicles: tractive units, imposed weight must not exceed 19 tons on two axles; and with three axles — the two rear axles not more than 1.2m apart — 26 tons.
No more than three axles will be permitted on any vehicle; this is thought to refer to tractive units, as there is no reference to trailers or semitrailers.
On road trains the maximum weight is to be 40 tons (this is thought to be the same with articulated vehicles). References to vehicles in the new rules are thought by the DTp to mean any part of an articulated vehicle or road train.
Road trains are permitted with no more than three axles on any one vehicle with a 13ton limit on single axles; 6-ton limit on directable axles and 20-ton on double axles with the axles spaced between 1.2 days' imprisonment.
and 2m apart. - Total permitted weights include all oil, petrol, water passengers and freight.
Applications for special permission to exceed the new limits can be made to the Ministry of Communications and the general administration of the Traffic Police.