New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 108

108 Trucks and buses low gear signs

(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.

Note :
"Bus" ,
"length" of road and
"truck" are defined in the Dictionary.

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

Note :
"With" is defined in the Dictionary.

(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 rule--

"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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