Bonjour! Driving with the oversized cargo through France, feels like to be on a disco.This is a country where you should probably have the largest number of beacons in all of Europe. All for safety reasons of course ? Pursuant to Article 16 of the Regulation of 4 May 2006, each vehicle involved in oversize transport in France should be marked in an appropriate manner. Read on and you will learn about: basic elements of equipment, in what situations it is necessary to mark the transport, exact dimensions and technical data of the required boards, additional, required equipment in the vehicle ..read more

Buongiorno! To make the wait for Italian permits more pleasant, please read how to prepare the marking of the vehicles to meet the requirements of this sunny, southern country?. We will have plenty of time for this, because officials are not in a hurry to issue the permits… Basic equipment All oversized vehicles must have at least one working yellow or orange beacon. a) oversized vehicles with an exceeded length (16,5 m for a truck with a semi-trailer and 18,75 m for a lorry with a trailer) must additionally have: – two panels, one front and one rear, with a minimum area of ​​900 cm2 and a he ..read more

The specific conditions for marking a transport in Sweden are included in each permit. Below are each of the labeling options that may appear in the guidelines. Read on to find out about: basic elements of correct labeling; in what situations is it necessary to label the transport; the exact dimensions of the required tables; additional, required equipment in the vehicle; the elements of the correct marking and equipment of the escort vehicle. Before we describe each of the marking elements, we would like to remind you when, according to the regulations, transport in Sweden requires an appr ..read more

According to Regulation 8/2015 of April 30, 2015, marking of oversized vehicles is required when at least one of the dimensions mentioned below in the text is exceeded. First, however, a few technical issues regarding the applied marking: a) All lighting markings must be securely attached to the vehicle. The use of magnetic brackets or hangers is allowed, with a maximum deviation of no more than 10° during front and rear oscillations. Multiple installation and removal of lighting markings are also allowed. b) The vehicle marking (e.g., warning signs/foils) is placed parallel to the longitudina ..read more

When you go on a business trip with a overdimensional luggage to a country with meadows looking like a perfectly mowed lawn in front of a mansion. Where adherence to rules as precise as their watches is necessary. So what dimensions can You have without the need of a permit for oversized transport? A permit for oversize transport is usually necessary for the transport of loads that exceed the standard dimensions or weights specified by the road regulations of a given country. In the case of Switzerland, an oversized transport permit is required in the following situations: When your width is ..read more

In the previous article we have prepared a vehicle for driving with dimensions in Italy. Here we will focus on preparing the driver to drive with a permit. There are two types of Italian motorway permits: – PORTA NORMALE (suffix PN in the permit number) – permits to pass through normal gates on the motorway, – PORTA SPECIALE (suffix PS in the permit number) – for passing through special gates on the motorway. We will focus on the second type (porta speciale). Calculation of the toll for the size of the journey takes place in this case on the basis of yellow cards, filled in by the driver (the ..read more

Anyone who deals with oversize transport on a daily basis knows perfectly well that one of the most important issues is the road on which such transport can move. Many of us have also found out that it is rather not worth deviating from it, although sometimes it is necessary ? It is usually designated in the permit as a specific route or road network, or as an road network of ​​the entire country. Such a division was also applied in the case of permits for the oversized transports in Poland. In this article, we will focus on national roads that deserve attention, among others, because the thir ..read more

There was a new system for applying for permits introduced in Germany in mid-2020. After that, the appearance of the permit has changed slightly. Since then, we have many questions about the overall dimensions of the loaded set in the permit, which are now often on the second page (if we have a long list of registration numbers), rather than on the first page as before. Overall dimensions of the loaded set are often confused with cargo dimensions, which are now positioned in front of the overall dimensions of the assembly, which unnecessarily gives rise to anxiety and unhealthy pressure on the ..read more