Can you transport a load on the trailer of a tractor that exceeds its recommended capacity?
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Correct answer
C. No.
Explanation
In the photo, a blue tractor with a red two-axle trailer with a yellow grille at the rear. Carrying a load on a trailer that makes it exceed its permitted load capacity is forbidden - answer C.
The Road Traffic Act states that the load must not cause the maximum permissible mass or the permitted load capacity of the vehicle to be exceeded. These values are set for the design of the trailer, its axles, tyres and brakes: an overloaded trailer brakes worse, the tyres and leaf springs may fail, and the pushing mass more easily shoves the tractor off its line on a bend or a downhill slope. So answer A is wrong. Dirt roads (answer B) are not an exception - they are also public roads, and an overloaded trailer breaks even more easily in ruts and potholes. You will find the load capacity in the vehicle registration certificate and on the trailer's rating plate. With wet loads, such as green fodder or manure, remember that they weigh much more than dry ones.
Legal basis: Art. 61 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)