Rules of the road §6.30
Overall Length of Vehicles
Legislation provides for restrictions on the overall length of certain types of vehicles. The restricted lengths are as follows
What the rule says
- a trailer (not semi-trailer) of which the GVM is less than 12 000 kilograms-shall not exceed 8 metres
- a trailer (not semi-trailer) of which the GVM is more than 12 000 kilograms-shall not exceed 12,5 metres
- an articulated motor vehicle-shall not exceed 18,5 metres
- a bus-train-shall not exceed 22 metres
- any other vehicles-shall not exceed 12,5 metres
- any combination of motor vehicles _1 shall not exceed 22 metres
Source: Rules manual §6.30