thanks for the GV62
exemptions and derogations
“Vehicles operated exclusively on islands whose area does not exceed 2,300 kilometres square and that are not linked to the rest of Great Britain by a bridge, ford or tunnel open for use by a motor vehicle.”
Does this mean that no part of the island may extend beyond the margins of a square measuring 2300km x 2300km?
Or 2,300 square km, e.g. 48km x 48km
From www.go.uk/ drivershours:
“vehicles driven only on islands whose area does not exceed 2,300 square kilometres”
So any shape island with area under 2,300 sq.km. And yes the IoW does qualify. But mainland VOSA officials have heard of “what`s a tachograph?” excuses from corkheads enough times to have given up laughing by now…
Euro:
Does this mean that no part of the island may extend beyond the margins of a square measuring 2300km x 2300km?
Or 2,300 square km, e.g. 48km x 48km
No. It means if you got a stamp 1km x 1km and used it to stamp individual non-overlapping squares on the island that you must cover the whole island with no more than 2300 of those squares.
Wikipedia is your friend. Isle of Man is 572 sq.km for example. Isle of Wight is smaller at 380 sq.km.
surely two km square is not the same as 2 square kilometres.
2300 km square has an area of 5,290,000 square kilometres?
Conor:
Euro:
Does this mean that no part of the island may extend beyond the margins of a square measuring 2300km x 2300km?
Or 2,300 square km, e.g. 48km x 48kmNo. It means if you got a stamp 1km x 1km and used it to stamp individual non-overlapping squares on the island that you must cover the whole island with no more than 2300 of those squares.
Wikipedia is your friend. Isle of Man is 572 sq.km for example. Isle of Wight is smaller at 380 sq.km.
Isle of Wight is part of the UK. Isle of Man (like the Channel Islands) isn’t; it’s a Crown dependency. It’ll have its own regulations.
IndigoJo:
Conor:
Euro:
Does this mean that no part of the island may extend beyond the margins of a square measuring 2300km x 2300km?
Or 2,300 square km, e.g. 48km x 48kmNo. It means if you got a stamp 1km x 1km and used it to stamp individual non-overlapping squares on the island that you must cover the whole island with no more than 2300 of those squares.
Wikipedia is your friend. Isle of Man is 572 sq.km for example. Isle of Wight is smaller at 380 sq.km.
Isle of Wight is part of the UK. Isle of Man (like the Channel Islands) isn’t; it’s a Crown dependency. It’ll have its own regulations.
Yes. Like no regulations.
Good morning,
Thank you for bringing this to our attention. This is an error in the transition from the directive to the final print which is put on the internet.
The directive says 2300 square Kilometres and not Kilometres square.
Once again thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Regards
Philip Harrison
Heavy Vehicle Technical Officer.
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency | Ellipse, Padley Road, Swansea, SA1 8AN
Phone: 03001239000, Fax 01792 454387