So there's this road sweeper on a one-way street.....

[GaryGlitter]

... and the road sweeper is designed to work on the near-side of the vehicle so it gets into the curb-side.

What happens when they need to do the other side of the road?

I ask as this morning on the way to work I spotted a council owned (and road registered) road sweeper travelling the wrong way along a one-way street.

[McSam]

Well.. it seems you have your answer before you start!

I can't see there being any chance at all they're allowed to do that, though.

[jamei303]

Perhaps the Traffic Regulation Order enacting the one way restriction exempts Council vehicles or vehicles involved in the maintenance of the highway.

[jamei303]

Here's a quote from a TRO that has a specific exemption for road cleansing vehicles:

39 Save as provided in Article 40 and 41 of this Order no person shall cause any vehicle to proceed in any road or part of road specified in column 1 of Schedule 6 to this Order in a direction other than specified, in relation to that road or part of road, in column 2 of the said Schedule 6.

EXEMPTIONS

40 Nothing in Article 39 of this Order shall apply to the driving of any mechanical road cleansing vehicle being used in pursuance of statutory powers or to anything done with the permission of a police constable in uniform.

[McSam]

Well, there you go. Interesting - I knew police could authorise it, but I didn't expect there to be statutory allowances for vehicles to do it as a matter of routine!

[DaveH23]

GaryGlitter said:

What happens when they need to do the other side of the road?

Dustpan + Brush = Common Sense

[MarkRSi]

Drive in reverse?

[graham22]

[quote=GaryGlitter

What happens when they need to do the other side of the road?


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Used to see road sweepers with 2 steering wheels.