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National Road Traffic Act, 1996 (Act No. 93 of 1996)

Regulations

National Road Traffic Regulations, 2000

Chapter IX : Road Traffic Signs and General Speed Limit

Part I : Road traffic signs

284. Definitions

 

For the purpose of this Part—

 

"abnormal vehicle"

means any vehicle which is operated under a written exemption granted in terms of section 81 of the Act and any motor vehicle accompanying such abnormal vehicle as a condition for operation;

 

"agricultural vehicle"

means a vehicle designed or adapted solely for agricultural activities and includes a tractor but does not include a goods vehicle;

 

"authorised vehicle"

means any motor vehicle identified by means of—

(a) a number plate;
(b) an authorised symbol or name on the vehicle; or
(c) an authorised disc affixed to the inside of the windscreen of the vehicle, and whose identification is thereby compatible with that displayed on the appropriate road sign;

 

"construction vehicle"

means a vehicle used in connection with road construction and road maintenance;

 

"delivery vehicle"

means a goods vehicle, motor cycle, motor tricycle or motor quadrucycle, in the process of loading or unloading goods;

 

"disabled persons vehicle"

means a motor vehicle conveying a person with a physical disability;

 

"emergency vehicle"

means a fire-fighting vehicle, rescue vehicle, ambulance, a vehicle driven by a traffic officer in the execution of his or her duties, a vehicle driven by a member of the South African Police Service or a member of a municipal police service, both as defined in the South African Police Services Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), in the execution of his or her duties, and a vehicle driven by a person responding to a disaster as contemplated in the Disaster Management Act, 2002 (Act No. 57 of 2002);

[Definition substituted by regulation 68 of Notice No. R. 846 of 2014]

 

"e-road"

means a toll road declared as a toll road in terms of section 27(1)(a)(i) of the South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998), where liability to pay toll for use of the road is recorded at a toll plaza exclusively by means of an electrical or electronic device;

[Definition inserted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 758 of 2013]

 

 

"e-tag"

means an electronic device that is fitted to a specific motor vehicle as contemplated in the Specification Regulations published in terms of section 58(1)(dB) of the South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998) to identify that motor vehicle when it passes under a gantry; and

[Definition inserted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 758 of 2013]

 

"e-toll"

means toll that is collected by means of an electric or electronic collection system where a motor vehicle is identified by electric or electronic equipment and the liability to pay toll is incurred when the user of the motor vehicle passes through a toll plaza and must arrange to pay toll as determined in terms of section 27 and 58 of the South African National Roads Agency Limited and National Roads Act, 1998 (Act No. 7 of 1998).

[Definition  inserted by regulation 2 of Notice No. R. 758 of 2013]

 

"hawker"

means a person who sells or trades goods;

 

"high occupancy vehicle"

means a motor vehicle in which the number of occupants equals or exceeds the number indicated on an appropriate road traffic sign;

 

"midibus"

means a bus which is designed or adapted solely for the conveyance of not more than 35 persons, excluding the driver;

 

"mini-circle"

means a type of small traffic circle, entry to which is controlled by sign R2.2;

 

"painted island"

means an island marked on the road surface that serves as a channelizing device within a junction or in a public road;

 

"rickshaw"

means a vehicle with two wheels designed to be pulled by a person;

 

"selective restriction sign"

means a regulatory sign which comprises of a two part message which is such that the lower message modifies or qualifies the significance of the upper message;

 

"taxi"

means a motor car, motor tricycle or motor quadrucycle which is designed or adapted for the conveyance of up to nine persons, including the driver, and is operated for reward;

 

"tour bus"

means a minibus, midibus or a bus which is operated by or leased to a tour operator and which is solely or principally used to convey tourists;

 

"traffic circle"

means a junction which contains a traffic or painted island, around which a road user travels in a clockwise direction, and "roundabout" shall have the same meaning;

 

"tram"

means a device that operates on rails within a public road;

 

"variable message sign"

means a road sign which is capable of varying its message by manual or remote control to display a different message to the message last displayed and the road sign may be light reflecting or light emitting;

 

"zig-zag-zone"

means that section of roadway delineated by a zig-zag-zone line marking RM11.

 

 


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