Abnormal Load Escort Car Services
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Self Escorting of Abnormal Loads in Great Britain
An abnormal load is a large or heavy object which is indivisible into smaller parts, and when placed on a vehicle results in the dimensions of that vehicle exceeding the normal legal restrictions on maximum vehicle dimensions. The transport of these loads is regulated in the UK under the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003.
In the past, the police escorted certain categories of abnormal load vehicles in order to warn other road users of their presence or direct traffic so that these vehicles or loads could safely negotiate a road route. From 1st January 2004 police forces in England and Wales withdrew routine escorts for abnormal loads and allowed private companies to escort. This is referred to as a self or private escort. Many forces will only escort the very biggest loads which are subject to VR1 or SMO and require a significant amount of traffic direction. Instead of requiring a police escort Chief Constables are requiring hauliers to self escort or engage a private escorting firm such as Convoi Exceptionnel Ltd. We are able to organise your abnomal load move from start to finish. We can provide route surveys, permits and pilot cars to escort your load anywhere to anywhere in the UK and Europe.
Convoi Exceptionnel Ltd has been in the business of escorting abnormal loads throughout the UK and the rest of Europe for the last thirty years and has the equipment and expertise required. We have access to escort cars over the whole of Great Britain and can easily cope with any eventuality, whether it is a short escort from the motorway to the final destination or a full escort from the south coast to the north of Scotland. Now that private escorting is established nationwide there are be distinct advantages to hauliers in that there will be no more waiting time at county boundaries for the next police force as experienced in the past.