The Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003

Pedestrian-controlled road maintenance vehicles

50.—(1) Pedestrian-controlled road maintenance vehicles that are not constructed or used to carry a driver or passenger are a recognised category of special vehicles.

(2) The authorisation requirements applicable to vehicles falling within the recognised category of special vehicles mentioned in paragraph (1) are—

(a) the requirements specified in paragraphs (3) and (4);

(b) the Construction and Use Regulations, apart from—

(i) regulation 16 (braking systems);

(ii) regulation 18(1A) to (9) (maintenance and efficiency of brakes);

(iii) regulation 23 (wheel loads);

(iv) regulation 61 (emission of smoke);

(c) the Authorised Weight Regulations; and

(d) the Lighting Regulations.

(3) The weight of the vehicle (whether laden or unladen) must not exceed 410 kilograms.

(4) The vehicle must be equipped with—

(a) an efficient braking system capable of bringing the vehicle to a standstill and of being set so as to hold the vehicle stationary; or

(b) if the vehicle does not have a braking system, sufficient other means capable of achieving the same results.

(5) “Road maintenance vehicle” means a motor vehicle that is specially constructed or adapted for the purposes of carrying out one or more of the following operations—

(a) gritting roads;

(b) laying road markings;

(c) clearing frost, snow or ice from roads; or

(d) any other work of maintaining roads.