English - Nooteboom Giants on the Road Magazine English - Nr. 4 - 2017 | Page 16
GIANTS ON THE ROAD
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For transports with a GVW in excess of 60 tonnes, Category 7 always applies
1 to 6: 5,000 Zloty (€ 1,150.-) maximum, but exceeding the weight
limits is severely penalised. The largest fines are imposed for passing
over a bridge or viaduct without exemption with too high a weight.
If the weight is exceeded by more than 20%, the fine will be 15,000
Zloty (€ 3,500.-). On top of that there may be a fine for passing
over any bridges. The tariff for this starts at 3,000 Zloty (€ 700.-),
but can increase to a far higher amount. Since 2012 the police is no
longer active in heavy transport. The haulier needs to notify the road
operator (owner) within 7 days prior the transport, if he wants to pass
the bridge with 5 or 6 category permission.
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The Nooteboom Megatrailer is popular in Poland
CHANGES IN THE COMING YEARS
The OSPTN (the association for abnormal transport in Poland) seeks to
bring about five important changes in the regulations in the near future.
1. Changing the registration of the vehicle on an exemption.
Exemptions that are currently issued are valid up to 24 months
maximum. It is not possible to change the registration on the
exemption. In their negotiations with the government the OSPTN
puts the option of changing the registration is at the top of the agenda.
2. To apply for an exemption digitally is not yet possible. To make it
possible to carry out the transport on time it is sometimes necessary to