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112 THE CENTRAL MOTOR VEHICLES RULES, 1989 RULE 93

PROVIDED that in case semitrailer has a closed Load body the overall
height of the motor vehicle shall not exceed 4.52 meters. Also Semi
trailers carrying ISO series I freight containers or Fabricated/
Refrigerated containers shall not exceed 4.52 meters.
PROVIDED FURTHER that in case Truck-trailer/Tractor-trailer
engaged by Auto manufacturers to carry motor vehicles/Construction
equipment Motor vehicle/livestock/white goods has a closed load
body or meant to carry indivisible loads, the overall height of the motor
vehicle shall not exceed 4.75 m:
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[PROVIDED ALSO that vehicles carrying two wheelers can have
maximum of three decks to carry vehicles with load body not
projecting over the drivers cabin:
PROVIDED ALSO that vehicles carrying four wheelers can have
maximum of two decks, with the load body as per AIS-113.]
(iv) The overall length of semitrailer with tractor is subject the following
conditions, namely:—
(a) Wheelbase of the tractor shall not exceed 6.3 meters.
(b) The distance between the fifth gear coupling point and the rear-
most point of the trailer shall not exceed 12.45 meters.
(v) Road Trains is a motor vehicles wherein traction can be provided by
motor vehicles or tractor connected to a combination of trailers and
semitrailers:
PROVIDED that in case road train has a closed Load body the overall
height of the motor vehicle shall not exceed 4.52 meters.
(vi) Articulated or truck trailer or tractor-trailer vehicles engaged by
automobile manufacturers to carry motor vehicle from their factories
to different sale outlets in the country, shall be provided with a sliding
inspection window on the container body, to allow verification of
motor vehicles carried in the container and the sliding inspection
window shall be minimum of 400 millimeters in length and 300
millimeters in height and at least one sliding inspection Window shall
be fitted to the middle third of the vehicle, the foremost sliding
inspection window being not further than 3 meters from the front and
in the case of trailers, account shall be taken of the length of the
drawbar for the measurement of this distance and the distance
between two adjacent sliding inspection windows shall not exceed 4
meters and the height of the upper edge of the sliding inspection
window shall not be more than 1.8 meters from the ground.
(VIII) Modular Hydraulic Trailer/Pneumatic Trailer
TABLE
Serial Category of Vehicle Width Length Height
Number (Meters) (Meters) (Meters)
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
1. Modular Hydraulic trailer, any single module 3.0 19.0 4.75
with maximum eight axle rows

1 Inserted vide GSR 161(E), dt. 25-2-2022, w.e.f. 25-2-2022.