Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC (VEHICLE STANDARDS) REGULATIONS 1977 - REG 1102

1102 .         Maximum length

        (1)         The length of a vehicle together with its load and equipment shall not — 

            (a)         in the case of an omnibus or a vehicle first constructed for the purpose of being used as an omnibus, exceed 12.2 metres;

            (b)         in the case of a semi-trailer exceed 12.5 metres in length, excluding any projection contained within an arc having a radius of 1.9 metres and centred at the point of articulation;

            (c)         in the case of any other motor vehicle or trailer, exceed 11 metres;

            (d)         in the case of an articulated vehicle exceed 17.5 metres.

        (2)         The length of the draw bar of a trailer with an aggregate mass exceeding 4 tonnes first registered on or after the date on which these regulations take effect shall not exceed 5 metres.

        (3)         Subject to any other restrictions contained in this regulation the length of a motor vehicle (not being an articulated vehicle) together with a trailer being drawn by that motor vehicle and the projecting parts of its load and equipment shall not exceed 17.5 metres.

        (4)         The width of a vehicle shall not — 

            (a)         in the case of a two-wheeled motor cycle excluding the load and equipment exceed 1 metre;

            (b)         in the case of a motor cycle with a side-car attached excluding the load and equipment exceed 1.85 metres; and

            (c)         in the case of any other motor vehicle, trailer, pole trailer or other towed vehicle, together with its load and equipment, other than the rear vision mirror or mirrors or signalling devices required or permitted to be fitted in accordance with these regulations, exceed 2.5 metres.

        (5)         The height of a motor vehicle or trailer together with its load and equipment, shall not exceed 4.3 metres.

        (6)         The distance from the front of a motor vehicle with its load and equipment or a trailer with its load and equipment (not being an articulated vehicle or a semi-trailer) to the line from which the rear overhang is measured shall not — 

            (a)         in the case of an omnibus first registered on or after the date on which these regulations take effect exceed 8.3 metres plus the amount (if any) by which the overall length exceeds 11 metres;

            (b)         in the case of any other motor vehicle or trailer (not being a semi-trailer) first registered before the date on which these regulations take effect exceed 8.5 metres;

            (c)         in the case of any other motor vehicle or trailer (not being a semi-trailer) registered on or after the date on which these regulations take effect exceed 8.3 metres.

        (7)             (a)         The distance between the point of articulation of an articulated vehicle and the line from which the rear overhang is measured shall not exceed 9.0 metres;

            (b)         The semi-trailer portion of an articulated vehicle together with its load or equipment shall not project forward of an arc having a radius of 1.9 metres measured in the horizontal plane and centred at the point of articulation.

        [Regulation 1102 amended in Gazette 24 Jul 1981 p. 3073; 11 Nov 1988 p. 4445.]