Transport guidance regulations

On this page the regulations regarding transport guidance in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany are shown.

Explanation: 1 meter=3,28 feet (ft) and 1 Kilogram (kg)= 2,20 pond (lb)

The Netherlands

Length :

Width :

Weight:

Kind of roads

motorways :

other roads :

motorways :

other roads :

all roads :

0 escorts

up to 40,00mtr

up to 27,50mtr

up to 4,00mtr

up to 3,50mtr

up to 100.000kg

1 escort

40,01 to 50,00mtr

27,51 to 32,00mtr

4,01 to 4,50mtr

3,51 to 4,00

not applicable

2 escorts

longer than 50,00mtr

longer than 32,00mtr

wider than 4,50mtr

wider than 4,00mtr

more than 100.000kg

Deviations from guidance regulations are only accepted if the road authority demonstrates a motivation on the basis of Article 2 Wegen verkeer Wet 1994 (Veiligheid).

Belgium

Length :

Width :

Height :

Weight:

0 escorts

up to 30,00mtr

up to 3,50mtr

not applicable

up to 90.000kg

1 escort

30,00 to 35,00mtr

3,50 to 4,50mtr

not applicable

more than 90.000kg

2 escorts

35,01 to 40,00mtr

4,51 to 5,00mtr

higher than 4,80mtr

more than 180.000kg

3 escorts

longer than 40,00mtr

wider than 5,00mtr

not applicable

Exceptions: When the traffic in the opposite direction and / or traffic traveling in the direction of travel must be stopped on public roads where the permitted maximum speed does not exceed 70 km / h: 2 escorts.

For crossing a bridge using additional vehicles or using temporary bridges: 3 escorts.

Germany

Underlying road network (roads with oncoming traffic on the same lane)

No EPB

2,56 to 3,00mtr

BF2

3,01 to 3,50mtr

BF3

not applicable

Police

wider than 3,50mtr

Width:

Overlying road network without emergency lane

Width:

No EPB

2,56 to 3,75mtr

BF2

3,76 to 4,00mtr

BF3

4,01 to 4,50mtr

Police

wider than 4,50mtr

Overlying road network with emergency lane

Width:

No EPB

2,56 to 3,75mtr

BF2

3,76 to 4,50mtr

BF3

4,51 to 5,50mtr

Police

wider than 5,50mtr

The regulations for exceptional transport in Germany are regulated in the Strassenverkehrs-Zulassungs-Ordnung (StvZO)

Information on this page comes from various sources on the Internet.