ORDINANCE No 11 OF 3 JULY 2001 ON MOVEMENT OF OVERSIZED AND/OR HEAVY GOODS VEHICLES (HEADING AMENDED – STATE GAZETTE (SG), No 67 of 2007) Issued by the Ministry of Regional Development and Public Works Prom. SG 65/24 July 2001, amend. SG 67/17 August 2007, amend. SG/Issue 19/9 March 2010 Section I. General Provisions Art. 1. The Ordinance shall regulate: 1. (Amend. – SG 67/2007) the authorized dimensions, weight and axle loading of the categories of vehicles and their trailers pursuant to Art. 139 of the Road Traffic Act, hereinafter referred to as “Vehicles”, which do not pose danger for road users; 2. The terms and conditions for movement of oversized and heavy goods vehicles along the roads open for public use. Art. 2. (Suppl. - SG 67/2007) Vehicles or a vehicle combination, at least one of the dimensions of which laden or not is bigger than the values pursuant to Art. 5, shall be oversized. Art. 3. (Amend. - SG 67/2007) Heavy goods vehicles or vehicle combinations shall be those which have: 1. Maximum authorized weight greater than the values pursuant to Art. 6; 2. Axle loading higherr than the values pursuant to Art. 7. Art. 4. (Amend. – SG 67/2007) This Ordinance shall not be applied to articulated buses with more than one articulated section. Section II. Standards for dimensions, weight and axle loading of a vehicle Art. 5. (1) (Previous text of Art. 5, amend. - SG 67/2007) The maximum authorized dimensions of the vehicles for traffic along the roads open for public use shall be: 1. Width of: а) Each vehicle - 2,55 m; b) Conditioned or with isothermal superstructure vehicle - 2,60 m; 2. Height of all the types of vehicles - 4,00 m; 3. Length of: а) Each vehicle except a bus - 12,00 m; b) trailer - 12,00 m; c) articulated vehicle - 16,50 m; d) articulated bus - 18,75 m; e) Vehicle with one or more trailers - 18,75 m; f) Bus with two axles - 13,50 m; g) Bus with more than two axles - 15,00 m; 1 h) Bus with a trailer - 18,75 m. (2) (New - SG 67/2007) The maximum distance between the axle of the kingpin for connection with the fifth wheel and the rear part of the semi-trailer shall be 12,00 m. (3) (New – SG 67/2007) The horizontally measured distance between the axle of the kingpin for connection with the fifth wheel and any point of the front part of the semi-trailer may not exceed 2,04 m. (4) (New – SG 67/2007) The articulated vehicles put into circulation before 1 January 1991, which do not satisfy the requirements of Para. 2 and 3, may be used for traffic on the roads for public use when their total length does not exceed 15,50 m. (5) New - SG 67/2007) In event of a vehicle combination the maximum distance measured parallel to the longitudinal axis from the foremost external point of the loading area behind the cabin and the rearmost external point of trailer (without rendering an account of the distance between the rear part of the drawing vehicle and the front of the trailer) shall be 15,65 m. (6) (New - SG 67/2007) In event of a vehicle combination the maximum distance measured parallel to the longitudinal axle, between the foremost external point of the loading area behind the cabin and the rearmost external point of trailer shall be 16,40 m. (7) (New - SG 67/2007) The distance between the rear axle of the vehicle and the front axle of the trailer must not be less than 3,00 m. (8) (New - SG 67/2007) When removable attachments such as ski-boxes are fitted to a bus, its length including the attachments, must not exceed the maximum length laid down in Art. 5, Para. 1, item 3. (9) (New - SG 67/2007) When the bus is stationary, a vertical plane shall be determined through marking a land line, tangent to the side of the vehicle, directed at the external side of the circle. In event of an articulated bus, the two sections shall be leveled up with regard to this vertical plane. When the bus, moving along a straight line, enters the circle described in Para. 11, no part of it may protrude from this vertical plane by over 0,60 m. (10) (New - SG 67/2007) The values stipulated in Para. 1 to 3, 5 and 6, shall refer to removable superstructures and standardized freight items, for instance, containers. (11) (New - SG 67/2007) Any vehicle or vehicle combination which is in motion must be able to turn within a swept circle having an outer radius 12,50 m and an inner radius 5,30 m. (12) (New – SG 67/2007) The vehicle combination put into circulation before 31 December 1991, which do not satisfy the requirements of Para. 5 and 6, may be used for traffic on the roads for public use when their total length does not exceed 18,00 m. Art. 6. (1) The maximum authorized weight of a vehicle for traffic on the roads open for public use shall be for: 1. vehicles which are a part of a vehicle combination as follows: а) trailer with two axles - 18 t; b) trailer with three axles - 24 t; 2. (Amend. SG 67/2007) a vehicle combination with five, six and more axles as follows: а) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) a vehicle with two axles with a trailer with three and more axles - 40 t; b) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) a vehicle with three and more axles with a trailer with two, three and more axles - 4 0 t; 3. (Amend. - SG 67/2007) articulated motor vehicles with five, six and more axles as follows: а) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) a two-axle vehicle with a semi-trailer with three and more axles - 40 t; b) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) a motor vehicle with three and more axles with a semi-trailer with two, three and more axles - 40 t; 2 c) a three-axle motor vehicle with a two- or a three-axle semi-trailer, carrying in combined transport operation a 40-foot container according to BDS (Bulgarian State Standards) ISO 830 - 44 t; 4. Vehicle combination with four axles, consisting of a two-axle vehicle and a two-axle trailer - 36 t; 5. (Amend. - SG 67/2007) articulated motor vehicle with four axles, consisting of a two-axle motor vehicle and a two-axle semi-trailer if the distance between the axles of the semi-trailer is: а) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) from 1,3 m to 1,8 m - 36 t; b) greater than 1,8 m - 36 t ; 6. Motor vehicles as follows: а) Two-axle motor vehicles - 18 t; b) Three-axle motor vehicles – 25 t (26 t); c) Four-axle motor vehicles with two steering axles - 32 t; d) (New - SG 67/07) a five-axle motor vehicle - 40 t. 7. Three-axle articulated buses - 28 t. (2) The maximum authorized weight (in t) of a four-axle motor vehicle may not exceed five times the distance (in m) between the axles of the foremost and the rearmost axles of the vehicle. (3) (Amend. – SG 67/2007) The value pursuant to Para. 1, item 5, letter “b” may be exceeded by not more than 2 t, when the maximum authorized weight of the motor vehicle (18 t) and the maximum authorized weight of the tandem axle of the semi-trailer (20 t) are respected and the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognized as being equivalent in compliance with the requirements indicated in Annex No 1. (4) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) In Para. 1, item 6 the value in brackets under letter “b” and the value under letter “с” shall refer to the events when the driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and air suspension or suspension recognized as being equivalent in compliance with the requirements indicated in Annex No 1, or where each driving axle is fitted with twin tyres and the maximum weight of each axle does not exceed 9,5 t . Art. 7. (1) (Amend. - SG 67/2007) The maximum authorized weight of the axle for a motor vehicle with maximum authorized weights pursuant to Art. 6, Para. 1 with air suspension or suspension recognized as being equivalent for traffic along all roads open for public use, as well as for motor vehicles with the same weights without air suspension or suspension recognized as being equivalent to it for traffic only along the roads indicated in Annex No 2 open for public use shall be for: 1. Single non-driving axles - 10 t; 2. The sum of the axle loadings per tandem axle of trailers and semi-trailers if the distance between the axles is: а) less than 1,0 m - 11 t; b) between 1,0 and less than 1,3 m - 16 t; c) between 1,3 and less than 1,8 m - 18 t; d) 1,8 m or more – 20 t; 3. The sum of the weights per axle of a tri-axle of trailers and semi-trailers if the distance between the axles is: а) 1,3 m or less - 21 t; b) over 1,3 m - 24 t ; 4. Single axle - driving: а) of motor vehicles under the conditions of Art. 6, Para. 1, items 2 and 3 - 11,5 t; b) of motor vehicles under the conditions of Art.