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SCAN 'IA
Attendants, police and highway notice and projection marking
ATTENDANT. In addition to the driver, an attendant must be employed where the width, length or projection measurements shown in the diagram are exceeded.
The attendant is there to (a) warn the driver and any other person of any danger likely to arise due to the vehicle's presence and (b) attend to the vehicle and load.
If three or more vehicles which require an attendant travel in convoy, only the first and last vehicles require an attendant.
POLICE NOTICE. Written notice of movement has to be given to the police chief of any police area in which the vehicle is to be used if the dimensions shown in the accompanying diagram are exceeded or if a vehicle and load, or a combination of vehicles and load, exceeds 80,000kg.
The notice must be given by the vehicle operator at least two clear days before the movement takes place, but excluding Saturdays, Sundays, Bank Holidays, Christmas Day and Good Friday.
The police chief can waive the rules as to length of notice, its form and particulars and can vary the time, date and route. A policeman can stop the vehicle for road safety or to avoid traffic congestion. Except for such changes, the movement must be made in accordance with the notified particulars.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES. If the total weight of a vehicle or combination of vehicles exceeds 80,000kg, every highway and bridge authority on the route must be given five clear days' notice of the movement. In any other case, if any C and U weight limit is exceeded, at least two clear days' notice must be given. In both cases a prescribed form of indemnity against damage to the road or bridge must also be sent to the authority.
If five days' notice has been given of a movement involving a trailer and the notified drawing vehicle cannot be used, a similar vehicle can be substituted if two clear days' notice is given to the same authorities.
If a vehicle is carrying an abnormal indivisible load, the driver must not (a} drive the vehicle onto a bridge where he knows or could reasonably discover there is another vehicle with an abnormal load or (b) stop on the bridge except in circumstances beyond his control.
If, for any reason, a vehicle weighing over 38,000kg stops on a bridge it must be moved off as soon as reasonably practicable without applying any concentrated load to the road on the bridge. And, if it is necessary to jackup the vehicle on a bridge the driver must First seek the advice of the bridge authority as to the use of spreader plates and that advice must be followed.
MARKER BOARDS When a vehicle carries a load which projects forward or rearward more than the distances shown in the diagram the projection must be marked.
An end marker board must be at right angles to the vehicle, not more than 0.5m from the end of the projection and its lowest point must be no higher than 2.5m above the road. An end marker board is not required at the end of a load carrying a reflective rear marking under the Lighting Regulations.
Side marker boards must be at each side of the projection and not more than lm From the end marker board. If a projection exceeds 4.5m forward or 5m rearward extra side markers must be fitted on each side so that the distance from the vehicle to a side marker and the distance between adjacent side markers does not exceed 2.5m on a forward projection or 3.5m on a rearward projection. Height requirements are the same.
If another vehicle is attached to the end of the vehicle from which the load projects, only the part of the load projecting beyond that other vehicle is counted.
Marker boards must be kept clean and unobscured and, during the hours of darkness, lit by reflected light.