Article 30. Loading of Vehicles
1. If a permissible maximum mass is laid down for a vehicle, the laden mass of the
vehicle shall never exceed the permissible maximum mass.
2. Every load on a vehicle shall be so arranged and, if necessary, stowed as to
prevent it from:
(a) Endangering persons or causing damage to public or private
property, more particularly by trailing on or falling on to the road;
(b) Obstructing the driver’s view or impairing the stability
or driving of the vehicle;
(c) Causing noise, raising dust, or creating any other nuisance
which can be avoided;
(d) Masking lights, including stop lights and direction-indicators,
reflex reflectors, registration numbers and the distinguishing sign of the State
of registration with which, under this Convention or under domestic legislation,
the vehicle is required to be equipped, or masking signals given by arm in accordance
with Article 14,
paragraph 3, or Article 17, paragraph
2, of this Convention.
3. All accessories, such as cables, chains and sheets, used to secure or protect
the load shall be drawn tight around the load and be firmly fastened. All accessories
used to protect the load shall satisfy the requirements laid down for the load in
paragraph 2 of this Article.
4. Loads projecting beyond the front, rear or sides of the vehicle shall be clearly
marked in all cases where their projection might not be noticed by the drivers of
other vehicles; at night, a white light and a white reflecting device shall be used
for such marking at the front and a red light and a red reflecting device at the
rear. More particularly, on power-driven vehicles:
(a) Loads projecting more than 1 m beyond the front or rear of
the vehicle shall always be marked;
(b) Loads projecting laterally beyond the outer edge of the vehicle
in such a way that their lateral outer edge is more than 0.40 m from the outer edge
of the vehicle’s front position (side) light shall be marked at the front at night,
and loads projecting in such a way that their lateral outer edge is more than 0.40
m from the outer edge of the vehicle’s red rear position (side) light shall be similarly
marked at the rear at night.
5. Nothing in paragraph 4 of this Article shall be construed as preventing Contracting
Parties or subdivisions thereof from prohibiting, restricting, or subjecting to
special authorization, load projections as referred to in the aforesaid paragraph
4.
Carriage of passengers
Passengers shall not be carried in such numbers or in such a way as to interfere
with driving or obstruct the driver’s view.
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