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National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Regulations

National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter VI : Fitness of Vehicles

Part IV : Loads on vehicles

242. Distribution of axle massload and wheel massload on vehicle fitted with pneumatic tyres

 

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulation 240, no person shall operate on a public road a motor vehicle which is fitted with pneumatic tyres if—

(a) on any axle with—
(i) two tyres, the wheel massload on one tyre exceeds the wheel massload on the other tyre by more than 10 percent; or
(ii) four tyres, the wheel massload on two tyres nearest to each other exceeds the wheel massload on the other two tyres by more than 10 percent;
(b) in the case of a combination of motor vehicles consisting of a truck-tractor and at least one semi-trailer, the axle massload of any steering axle or the sum of the axle massloads of any steering axle unit is less than 11 percent of the sum of all axle massloads of the truck-tractor and the first semi-trailer that is coupled to the truck-tractor, of the said combination of motor vehicles;

[Regulation 242(b) substituted by regulation 46 of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]

(bA) in the case of a haulage tractor, whether part of a combination of vehicles or not, the axle massload of any steering axle must not be less than 15 percent of the sum of all the axle massloads of such haulage tractor;

[Regulation 242(bA) inserted by regulation 57 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]

(c) in the case of a motor vehicle, not being a combination of motor vehicles as referred to in paragraph (b), with a steering axle unit, the sum of the axle massloads of such steering axle unit is less than 30 percent of the sum of all axle massloads of such vehicle; or

[Regulation 242(c) substituted by regulation 46 of Notice No. 2116 of 2001]

Provided that in the case of a rapid transport bus-train no limit shall apply.

[Proviso to regulation 242(c) inserted by regulation 14 of Notice No. R. 359 of 2010]

(d) in the case of any other vehicle the axle massload of a steering axle is less than 20 percent of the sum of all axle massloads of such vehicle, except in the case of a tractor when the axle massload of the steering axle shall not be less than 12 percent of the sum of all the axle massloads of such tractor.