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• The extra mass and length of your vehicle make it more difficult to handle. Therefore, you must leave more space in which to pull up.
• Safety considerations and the law limit your speed.
• Trailers and caravans have a tendency to sway, so keep control and exercise caution when passing or overtaking other vehicles. You MUST NOT tow more than three trailers.
• Loads MUST be secured and MUST NOT stick out dangerously.
• Heavy vehicles or trailers MUST NOT be overloaded. You should not tow a weight greater than that recommended by the law.
• Heavy vehicles towing a drawbar MUST have safety chains fitted.
• Carrying a load or pulling a trailer may require you to adjust the headlights. Weight should be properly distributed to avoid swerving, snaking or loss of control.
• Pick- up trucks and other commercial vehicles MUST display their gross and net mass in kilograms.
• Haulage trucks MUST NOT pass through arid/or be parked in the CBD unless authorised to do so.
• Heavy vehicles MUST NOT be parked on the verge of the road and in residential areas.
• If they are parked along the highway, they MUST be completely off the road.
• For safety reasons, a broken down vehicle should be attended to as soon as possible.
• All heavy vehicles conveying dangerous goods MUST be appropriately labelled.
• Since a trailer is a vehicle, all rules applicable to other vehicles also apply to it.
• Heavy vehicles need the following reflectors (these are the minimum requirements): (i) a specified red and yellow chevron fitted at the rear; (ii) two specified white reflective strips fitted at the front; and (iii) specified yellow reflective strips fitted at the sides.
• A set of red reflective triangles must be carried on the vehicle for use in the event of a breakdown. The red reflective triangle MUST be placed not less than 30 metres and not more than 50 metres behind and in front of a stationary vehicle. The triangles MUST be on the same side of the road as the vehicle.

Red reflective triangles must be carried for breakdowns and placed on the same side of the road as the vehicle, not less than 30 metres and not more than 50 metres behind and in front of the stationary vehicle

• Take note of limits for width, height, length and axle and vehicle loads for heavy vehicles.
• Heavy motor vehicles MUST be fitted with height markers both at the front and at the rear.