Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00959:body:0:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00959
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 25447–28502

must provide the occupant, without the assistance of other persons, with at least two exits at opposite sides of the vehicle, each being at least 450 mm high and 530 mm wide.
16.4.1.                          Two exits at opposite sides of the vehicle need not be provided where the 'Sleeper Berth' space is part of the vehicle cab and has a doorway or opening at least 450 mm in one direction and 910 mm in another direction between it and the driver seat.
16.5.                                Unless a 'Sleeper Berth' is located within the driver's cab or is provided with a direct entrance thereto, a means must be provided to enable its occupant to communicate with the driver. Such means may include telephones, speaker tubes, buzzers, pull cords, or other mechanical or electrical means.
16.6.                                A 'Sleeper Berth' must not be so located as to:
            (a)      permit the ready entrance of gases from the exhaust system; or
            (b)      be overheated or damaged by reason of its proximity to the exhaust system.
16.7.                                A 'Sleeper Berth' must not be so located that defects in the 'Fuel System 17/00' would result in leakage on or into it.
16.8.                                Every 'Sleeper Berth' must be provided with proper ventilation and be tight against dust and rain.

17.                                      'WHEEL GUARDS' ('MUDGUARDS')
17.1.                                L-Group vehicles
17.1.1.                          The wheels of a vehicle, including any sidecar, must be fitted with 'Wheel Guards' of width not less than the 'Section Width' of the tyre.
17.1.2.                          The 'Wheel Guards' must be so designed as to protect other road users, as far as practicable, against thrown-up stones, mud, ice, snow and water and to reduce for those users the dangers due to contact with the moving wheels.
17.1.3.                          The 'Wheel Guard(s)' provided for the front 'Axle', must extend not less than from a point vertically above the centre of the wheel rearward to a point not higher than the centre of the wheel or to the point where suitable protection is afforded by the frame or other construction of the vehicle when a mass of 45 kg is distributed in the saddle of the vehicle at its 'Unladen Mass'.
17.1.4.                          'Wheel Guards' may consist of either permanent body structure or part structure and other components, including mudflaps, provided the specified protection is retained during vehicle operation.
17.2.                                Other than L-Group vehicles
17.2.1.                          All wheels of category MA vehicles must be provided with 'Wheel Guards' that comply with clause 17.2.4 below.
17.2.2.                          All wheels of category MB, MC, MD1, MD2, MD3, NA, NB1, TA and TB vehicles must be provided with 'Wheel Guards' that comply with clause 17.2.4 or clause 17.2.5 below.
17.2.3.                          All wheels of category MD4, ME, NB2, NC, TC and TD vehicles must