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ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 - REG 108

Trucks and buses low gear sign

    (1)     If the driver of a truck or bus is driving on a length of road to which a trucks and buses low gear sign applies, the driver must drive the truck or bus in a gear that is low enough to limit the speed of the truck or bus without the use of a primary brake.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to the driver of a bus if information on or with the sign indicates that it applies only to trucks.

    (3)     A trucks and buses low gear sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending—

        (a)     if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign; or

        (b)     in any other case—at an end trucks and buses low gear sign on the road.

    (4)     In this section:

"primary brake" means the footbrake, or other brake, fitted to a truck or bus that is normally used to slow or stop the vehicle.



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