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From: Duckitt Security
Sent: 11 December 2009 12:47 PM
To:
john@patrol4x4.co.za
Subject: Fw: Mass regulations
: Mass regulations
Hier is die wetgewing. Sien die voertuie in bold – dit is waarop die regulasie van toepassing is.
Groete
Ons val onder Reg 238 as n stasiewa!
Reg 238. Load on tyres
(1) No person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle—
(a) which is fitted with pneumatic tyres, where any wheel massload is in excess of the wheel massload referred to in the appropriate part of the standard specification SABS 1550 “Motor Vehicle Tyres and Rims: Dimensions and Loads”, Part 1: “General”, Part 2: “Passenger car tyres”, and Part 3: “Commercial vehicle tyres”; or
(b) where any pneumatic tyre is not mentioned in the standard specification referred to in paragraph (a), where the wheel massload is in excess of the wheel massload approved by the manufacturer of the tyre concerned:
Provided that for the purposes of determining the pressure in a tyre the temperature of the tyre shall be disregarded.
(2) No person shall operate on a public road any vehicle fitted with tyres, other than pneumatic tyres, if the wheel massload exceeds eight kilograms per one millimetre width of any such tyre
Manufacturer specifications
Reg 239 is safety legislation. This legislation does not protect the roads and much be understood as such.
A manufacturer is compelled in terms of reg 245 to put certain information on a goods vehicle, minibus, bus and tractor by means of metal plate.
The manufacturer has to state what the maximum capacity of the axles, axle units, vehicle and combination is. If an operator overloads above the manufacturer specifications his vehicle is unsafe, as the vehicle was not designed to carry a higher load.
The manufacturer specifications normally influence the steering axle of bigger goods vehicles and all the axles of smaller vehicles.
Reg 239. Gross vehicle mass, gross axle massload, gross axle unit massload, gross combination mass, power to mass ratio and axle massload of driving axle to total mass ratio not to be exceeded
(1) No person shall operate on a public road a mini bus, bus, tractor or goods vehicle—
(a) if—
(i) the gross vehicle mass;
(ii) any gross axle massload; or
(iii) any gross axle unit massload,
is exceeded;
(b) drawing any other motor vehicle if the gross combination mass is exceeded.
(2) No person shall operate on a public road a vehicle which is a minibus, bus, tractor or goods vehicle if the mass in kilograms of such vehicle or of a combination of vehicles of which such first mentioned vehicle forms a part, whether laden or unladen, exceeds a figure arrived at by multiplying the net power in kilowatts of the engine of such vehicle as determined in accordance with or calculated with due regard to code of practice SABS 013 “The determination of performance (at net power) of internal combustion engines”—
(a) in the case of the drawing vehicle being a tractor by 400; or
(b) in the case of any other vehicle by 240.
(3) No person shall operate on a public road a vehicle which is a mini bus, bus, tractor or goods vehicle if the mass in kilograms of such vehicle or of a combination of vehicles of which such first mentioned vehicle forms a part, whether laden or unladen, exceeds five times the total axle massload of the driving axle or axles of such vehicle.
Reg 244. Information to be displayed on certain motor vehicles
No person shall operate on a public road a mini bus, bus or goods vehicle which, according to the registration certificate thereof was registered for the first time prior to 1 January 1989 and of which the gross vehicle mass does not exceed 3 500 kilograms, unless there is displayed in a conspicuous position on the left side thereof in letters and figures of not less than 40 millimetres in height and which shall be clearly legible at all times—
(a) the tare of such vehicle in kilograms (denoted as T);
(b) the permissible maximum vehicle mass referred to in regulation 236 in kilograms (denoted as V); and
(c) if the vehicle is used to draw any other vehicle, the permissible maximum drawing vehicle mass which shall be the least of the masses determined in terms of regulation 239(1)(b), (2) or (3) in kilograms (denoted as D/T):
Provided that if such vehicle is fitted with a plate as referred to in regulation 245, the provisions of this regulation shall not be applicable to such motor vehicle.
Reg 245. Information plates on certain vehicles
(1) No person shall operate on a public road a mini bus, bus or goods vehicle which, according to the registration certificate thereof—
(a) was registered for the first time prior to 1 January 1989 and of which the gross vehicle mass exceeds 3 500 kilograms; or
(b) was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1989, unless the following particulars in respect of such mini bus, bus or a goods vehicle are clearly imprinted or stamped on a metal plate or plates affixed in an accessible place on a door post, under the bonnet or on the dash board of the vehicle concerned or, in the case of a trailer, on the left side thereof in any conspicuous place:
(i) The tare in kilograms (denoted as T);
(ii) the gross vehicle mass in kilograms (denoted as GVM/BVM);
(iii) the gross axle massload or gross axle unit massload of each axle or axle unit in kilograms (denoted as GA/BA and GAU/BAE, respectively);
(iv) in the case of a semi trailer the gross kingpin massload as specified by the manufacturer (denoted as GKM/BSM);
(v) the gross combination mass in kilograms (denoted as GCM/BKM) —
(aa) in the case of a vehicle that is used to draw any other vehicle; and
(bb) in the case of a breakdown vehicle registered for the first time from the date of commencement of this item; and
(vi) where applicable, the net power in kilowatts as determined in accordance with or calculated with due regard to code of practice SABS 013 “The determination of performance (at net power) of internal combustion engines;
(vii) the permissible maximum vehicle mass referred to in regulation 236 in kilograms (denoted as V): Provided that this item is not applicable in respect of a semi trailer;
(viii) the permissible maximum axle massload referred to in regulation 234 or axle unit massload referred to in regulation 235 of each axle or axle unit in kilograms (denoted as A and AU/AE, respectively); and
(ix) the permissible maximum drawing vehicle mass referred to in regulation 244(c) (denoted as D/T).
Provided that the provisions of this subregulation shall not apply to a goods vehicle the gross vehicle mass of which does not exceed 3 500 kilograms and which was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1989, and that has fitted;
a) a metal data plate or plates affixed by rivets, or by welding, or by any other method that will achieve permanency of attachment during the life of the vehicle, in a conspicuous and readily accessible position on a part not subject to replacement, or
b) a self-adhesive tamperproof metal or plastics label that is not transferable from one vehicle to another, is clearly legible, and undergoes permanent and obvious damage on removal. The self-adhesive tamperproof label shall be resistant to engine oils, to engine coolants, to normal engine temperatures and to humidity, in a conspicuous and readily accessible position on a part not subject to replacement, with the following particulars of such goods vehicle, legibly and indelibly printed or stamped, with the following details:
i) the gross vehicle mass, in kilograms, for the model type, denoted and prefixed by the letters GVM/BVM;
ii) the gross combination mass, in kilograms, for the model type, denoted and prefixed by the letters GCM/BKM; and
iii) the gross axle mass-load of each axle, or the gross axle unit mass-load of each axle unit, in kilograms, for the model type, denoted and prefixed by the letters GA/BA or GAU/BAE, as applicable.
Provided further that if the information is supplied in the following order, the abbreviations given in i), ii) and iii) above are not required:
a) gross vehicle mass;
b) gross combination mass; and
c) gross axle masses in the order front to rear
(2) No person shall operate on a public road a tractor unless it is fitted with a metal plate on which is imprinted—
(a) the net power of the engine in kilowatts as determined in terms of code of practice SABS 013 “The determination of performance (at net power) of internal combustion engines”, Part 1: “Road vehicle internal combustion engines at sea level”, Part 2: “Compression ignition engines and altitude”, Part 3: “Agricultural vehicle internal combustion engines at sea level” (denoted as P/D);
(aA) within six months from the date of commencement of this paragraph, the tare in kilograms (denoted as T);
(b) the gross combination mass in kilograms (denoted as GCM/BKM); and
(c) the permissible maximum drawing vehicle mass referred to in regulation 244(c) (denoted as D/T):
Provided that the provisions of this subregulation shall apply—
(i) from 1 January 1993 in respect of a tractor which according to the registration certificate thereof was registered for the first time on or after 1 January 1993; and
(ii) from 1 January 1995 in respect of a tractor which according to the registration certificate thereof was registered for the first time before 1 January 1993.