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• The DoT wants to update the Special Types General Order (STGO) rags to make them easier to understand.
it has published a draft of its proposals and wants operator comments by 17 May, John lngrey, technical director for King Vehicle Engineering, outlines the proposed changes: "The STGO legislation was first introduced in 1979 and was amended in 1987 and 1989. The regs cover abnormal loads for on-highway, small plant and track-laying vehicles, as well as cranes and abnormal indivisible load haulage vehicles.
"They lay down the amount of statutory notice operators need to give police and local authorities and the speeds at which the various weight categories are allowed to move on highways.
'The existing categories are unchanged by the DoT proposals, except that the old Category 1 will be increased from 46 to 50 tonnes, as the 44-tonne C&U limit has made the 46-tonne limit meaningless for most heavy hauliers. Categories 2 and 3 retain their 80 and 150-tonne limits respectively.
"The DoT wants to group different types of equipment under Tart' headings that will describe general principles, size limits and requirements for notification for that class of equipment. Part Ill, for example, will cover 'vehicles for haulage, engineering and vehicle recovery'.
"More detailed information for specific procedures for particular equipment and vehicles are contained in accompanying Schedules. For example, Schedule 1 will cover 'abnormal indivisible load haulage vehicles', while Schedule 4 will be for 'road recovery vehicles'.
"Mobile cranes will also be among the equipment getting its own schedule; this should help clear up some of the anomalies that have arisen over the years as the dividing lines between some classes of equipment have become blurred."