Overdimension Vehicle Approvals




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NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 125

Fourth Schedule

Operating Conditions

The mobile cranes described in this notice must be operated in compliance with the requirements set out in the document “Overdimension Mobile Cranes: A Guideline to Operating Requirements” dated August 1998 produced by the Land Transport Safety Authority.

Signed at Wellington this 19th day of August 1998.

W. R. PETTERSSON, Senior Engineer, Safer Roads.

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General Approval—Special Overdimension Vehicles

Pursuant to regulation 49 of the Traffic Regulations 1976, and by way of a subdelegation from the Director of Land Transport Safety dated 18 December 1996, I, Wayne Robert Pettersson, Senior Engineer, hereby approve the operation of the vehicle types described in this notice contrary to the provisions of regulations 48B to 48D subject to the operating conditions specified in the relevant documents in the Second Schedule.

Vehicles of the types described in the First Schedule and which exceed the dimension limits described in this schedule cannot operate unless a Specific Approval has been issued to that vehicle under regulation 49A.

This notice comes into effect on the 1st day of September 1998. However the period between 1 September 1998 and 1 August 1999 shall be deemed to be a transitional period in which any existing overdimension exemption relating to any of these vehicle types remains in force.

First Schedule

Definitions

In this schedule—

The term “SOV” followed by a specific number relates to a document in the Second Schedule specifying the operating requirements for a particular type of special overdimension vehicle.

Types of vehicles and excess dimension limits permitted

(SOV1) Self-propelled machines designed principally for road maintenance or construction, including excavators, front-end loaders and road graders (but excluding motor scrapers).

Front overhang (distance ahead of front of driver’s seat)—6.0 metres

Width—3.1 metres

(SOV2) Motor-Scrapers

Width—3.7 metres



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🚂 General Approval for Overdimension Mobile Cranes (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 August 1998
Mobile Cranes, Overdimension Vehicles, Approval, Operating Conditions, Dimensions
  • W. R. Pettersson, Senior Engineer, Safer Roads

🚂 General Approval for Special Overdimension Vehicles

🚂 Transport & Communications
Overdimension Vehicles, Approval, Regulations, Operating Conditions, Transitional Period
  • Wayne Robert Pettersson, Senior Engineer