P rojecting
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LAST week 1 wrote about the requirements for markers on projecting loads, which from October 1 will be needed on all loads projecting more than 6ft to the rear. I explained the requirements also for boards on loads projecting more than 15ft forward or 17ft rearwards.
When a vehicle carries a load which pro jects to front or rear more than the specified
amounts (as outlined last week) one or more paragraphs in the 8th Schedule to the Motor Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1966 have to be complied with, depending on the length of the projection. The accompanying table sets out the requirements before and after October 1, 1968.
There appears to be something of an anomaly over the requirement for only a rear marker board for rearward projections between 6 and 10ft. Similar loads projecting a less amount have to be rendered easily distinguishable and this presumably means that the side of the load as well as the end must be made clear, yet with a longer projection only the end marker is specified.
Special dispensation is given for racing boats of the type propelled solely by oars when carried on vehicles. If the forward or rearward projection exceeds 3ft 6in paragraph four must be complied with and if it exceeds 10ft paragraphs one and four must be satisfied.
The requirements for projecting loads apply equally well to any "special appliance or apparatus" defined in the Regulations as "any crane or other special appliance or apparatus fitted to a vehicle which is a permanent or essentially permanent fixture".