|
Damage to public roads
No person shall on a public road:
cause any wheel of any vehicle to drag or spin upon the surface
of the roadway, except in the case of an emergency;
make use of chocks or shoes between any wheel of any vehicle
moving along the roadway and the surface of such roadway; or
use any vehicle or thing or move any vehicle or thing on the
roadway in a manner causing or likely to cause damage thereto.
Towing of vehicles
No person shall operate a vehicle on
a public road towing another vehicle--
if the length of the tow-rope, chain or tow-bar between the two
vehicles is less than three and a half metres;
If rope is bigger then 3.5m unless car is been towed is a
semi-trailer
You may not use a motorcycle to tow a vehicle
if the towed vehicle is connected to the towing vehicle in such
a manner that both vehicles are not under control;
unless the steering gear of the vehicle being towed is
controlled by a person holding a code of driving licence authorising him or her
to drive the class of such vehicle,
if the towed vehicle is fitted with
steering gear contemplated in regulation 200(1): Provided that the provisions
of this paragraph shall not apply in the case where--
i.>
the steerable wheels of the towed
vehicle are being carried clear of the ground; or
ii.>
the device connecting the towing
vehicle to the towed vehicle is such that the steerable wheels of the towed
vehicle are controlled by such device;
if the brakes of the towed vehicle do not comply with the
provisions of regulation 155, unless the towing vehicle is connected to the
towed vehicle by means of a drawbar or tow-bar;
at a speed in excess of 30 kilometres per hour, unless the
towing vehicle is connected to the towed vehicle by means of a drawbar or a
tow-bar;
if the towed vehicle is conveying persons at a speed in excess
of 30 kilometres per hour, unless the towed vehicle is a semi-trailer; or
if the towing vehicle is a motor cycle, motor tricycle, motor
quadrucycle or pedal cycle.
Trading on public roads
Except--
on or in premises zoned or demarcated for that purpose by a
competent authority in terms of any law; or
in such circumstances and in accordance with such requirements
as may be prescribed, or determined by by-law,
no person shall sell, display, offer
for sale or deliver pursuant to a sale, any goods--
i.>
on or alongside a public road
inside an urban area, within 180 metres of a railway level crossing or any road
traffic sign denoting a blind corner or rise thereon or within five metres from
any intersection thereon; or
ii.>
on or alongside any public road
outside an urban area:
Provided that where a provincial
administration is responsible for the maintenance of a public road inside an
urban area, the competent authority of such urban area shall not so zone or
demarcate premises in such urban area situated alongside such a road, without
the prior approval of the MEC concerned.
|