Can luggage on the roof rack of a passenger car stick out on the sides?
Traffic safety: Transported persons and cargo
Explanation
The **load on the roof rack of a passenger car** cannot protrude from the sides of the vehicle. This is because, according to general regulations, the load must not be wider than the vehicle carrying it. Although the load may protrude from the rear in certain cases, it is not allowed to protrude from the sides.
- **Vehicles carrying passengers**, such as passenger cars, have specific restrictions: the load cannot protrude from the front or the sides. It is only allowed to protrude from the rear, and only under certain conditions and limits.
- The exceptions that allow the load to protrude from the sides apply only to **vehicles designed to transport goods**, not to passenger cars. These vehicles have specific rules that allow the load to protrude from the sides, but these do not apply to passenger cars.
Therefore, in a passenger car, the load on the roof rack must be completely contained within the lateral limits of the vehicle.
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