How To Set Up Emergency Triangles

The Emergency Triangle and Safety on the Road

We should all be enlightened of the contents of Regulation 214 of the Road Traffic Act:

What does Regulation 214 of the Road Traffic Deed Stipulate?

Answer:

"motor vehicle" means whatsoever self-propelled vehicle and includes-

1. a trailer; and
2. a vehicle having pedals and an engine or an electric motor equally an integral part thereof or attached thereto and which is designed or adapted to exist propelled by ways of such pedals, engine or motor, or both such pedals and engine or motor, simply does not include-
   1. whatsoever vehicle propelled by electrical power derived from storage batteries and which is controlled by a pedestrian; or
   2. any vehicle with a mass non exceeding 230 kilogrammes and specially designed and constructed, and non only adjusted, for the use of any person suffering from some concrete defect or disability and used solely by such person;

Emergency warning signs (Triangles)

Reg 214. (ane) For the purpose of this regulation -

(a) the expression "motor vehicle" excludes an ambulance or motor-car showtime registered before 1 July 2006, a motorcycle, motor tricycle or a motor quadricycle;

(b) "reflective textile" means reflective fabric which under all circumstances is capable of reflecting light; and

(1A) No person shall operate on a public route -

(a) a appurtenances vehicle, minibus or bus, first registered before ane July 2007 and with a gross vehicle mass of 3500 kilogrammes or less, unless in that location is carried on such a vehicle at least one emergency alert sign, which-
(i) is a double sided sign having the shape, design, minimum dimensions and colours equally illustrated hereunder and of which the cerise portion on each side-
(aa) shall consist of red reflective material; or
(bb) shall be painted ruby-red and accept retro-reflectors in each corner; or
(two) is an emergency sign contemplated in paragraph (b);

(b) whatever other motor vehicle, unless there is carried on such vehicle at least one emergency warning sign which is a warning sign complying with the requirements of standard specification SABS 1329 "Retro-reflective and Fluorescent Alert Signs for Road Vehicles" Part 1: "Triangles or UN ECE Regulation 27 "Uniform provisions for the approval of advance-warning triangles" and bears a certification mark.
Provided that in the case of a combination of motor vehicles, the emergency warning sign for every motor vehicle of such combination may exist carried on the drawing vehicle.

(2) Where a motor vehicle is for any reason stationary on the roadway or the shoulder of a public road, the driver of such vehicle shall display or cause to exist displayed at least one emergency warning signs in the style contemplated in subregulation (four).

(3) No person shall, without lawful cause, remove or tamper with whatsoever emergency warning sign, which is being displayed in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.

(4) At to the lowest degree one emergency warning sign shall be displayed in the following manner:

(a) The sign shall be placed not less than 45 metres from the motor vehicle along the roadway of the public road concerned in the direction from which traffic will approach such vehicle when travelling on the side of the roadway closest to such motor vehicle;

(b) the sign shall exist placed approximately as far from the edge of the roadway every bit the transverse centre of the motor vehicle is from the edge of the roadway; and

(c) the cogitating side of the sign shall face in the direction from which any traffic volition approach.

(v) The provisions of subregulation (2) shall not use where a motor vehicle is stationary-

(a) in a place where a route traffic sign authorises the loading or unloading of a vehicle;

(b) in compliance with any management conveyed past a road traffic sign or given by a traffic officer;

(c) on account of other traffic on the public road concerned and while the driver occupies the driving seat of such motor vehicle; or

(d) in the grade of events accompanying the carrying out of a Country or municipal office.

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