Truck mounted attenuator approval

Hendrik Van Den Bossche Your Ref: 06.07.2022 No Stuer-Egghe Our Ref: 12.07.2022 No 8-2/2022/4485-2 Truck mounted attenuator approval Dear Mr Van Den Bossche, Thank You for your question regarding approval of the truck mounted attenuators. There are no special requirements in Estonia for truck mounted attenuators and therefore there is no approval scheme either if the attenuator has no wheels of its own and it is not towed by the vehicle. If it has wheels, then it’s considered a vehicle and approval is necessary. When mounting the truck mounted attenuator to the vehicle then certain technical requirements must be fallowed. For example, that the truck mounted attenuator does not cover any lights or registration plate. Also depending on the length of the attenuator some additional lights may have to be added on it such as side marker lamps. If you have more specific questions regarding road safety and approval of vehicles and mounting the attenuator on a vehicle, then Estonian Transport Administration is the best place to ask these questions. https://www.transpordiamet.ee/en, [email protected] With best regards, (signed digitally) Tõnis Laks Deputy Head of Department of the Road and Railways Department Sven Nurk +372 625 6498 [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail: [email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee Hendrik Van Den Bossche Your Ref: 06.07.2022 No Stuer-Egghe Our Ref: 12.07.2022 No 8-2/2022/4485-2 Truck mounted attenuator approval Dear Mr Van Den Bossche, Thank You for your question regarding approval of the truck mounted attenuators. There are no special requirements in Estonia for truck mounted attenuators and therefore there is no approval scheme either if the attenuator has no wheels of its own and it is not towed by the vehicle. If it has wheels, then it’s considered a vehicle and approval is necessary. When mounting the truck mounted attenuator to the vehicle then certain technical requirements must be fallowed. For example, that the truck mounted attenuator does not cover any lights or registration plate. Also depending on the length of the attenuator some additional lights may have to be added on it such as side marker lamps. If you have more specific questions regarding road safety and approval of vehicles and mounting the attenuator on a vehicle, then Estonian Transport Administration is the best place to ask these questions. https://www.transpordiamet.ee/en, [email protected] With best regards, (signed digitally) Tõnis Laks Deputy Head of Department of the Road and Railways Department Sven Nurk +372 625 6498 [email protected] Suur-Ameerika 1 / 10122 Tallinn / ESTONIA Phone: +372 625 6342 / Fax: +372 631 3660 / E-mail: [email protected] / http://www.mkm.ee