Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 104

104 No trucks signs

(1) A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not contravene a no trucks sign that has information on or with it indicating a mass if the GVM of the driver’s vehicle (or, if the driver is driving a combination, any vehicle in the combination) is more than that mass.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not contravene a no trucks sign that has information on or with it indicating a length if the length of the driver’s vehicle (or, if the driver is driving a combination, the length of the combination) is longer than that length.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) The driver of a truck must not contravene a no trucks sign that has no information on or with it indicating a mass or length.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1) , (2) or (3) for the driver to prove—

(a) the destination of the driver’s vehicle was on or near the road on which the no trucks sign was located; and

(b) the driver—

(i) could not reach the vehicle’s destination by another route; or

(ii) could reach the vehicle’s destination by another route only by contravening another no trucks sign in a way mentioned in subsection (1) , (2) or (3) .

(5) For subsections (1) to (4) , a driver contravenes a no truck sign by—

(a) if the sign applies to 1 or more, but not all, marked lanes on a road—driving in a marked lane while the sign applies to the lane; or

(b) otherwise—driving past the sign.

(6) Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to—

(a) a driver of a motorised caravan on the Brisbane Urban Corridor or on the part of the Ipswich Motorway between Granard Road and the Albert Street pedestrian bridge at Goodna; or

(b) a driver passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) .

(7) In this section—

"Brisbane Urban Corridor" means the route between Archerfield and Wishart consisting of Mt Gravatt–Capalaba Road west of the Gateway Motorway, Kessels Road, Riawena Road and Granard Road.

"motorised caravan" means—

(a) 1 vehicle with a GVM over 4.5t, designed mainly for people to live in; or

(b) a combination of 2 vehicles with a GVM over 4.5t if 1 of the vehicles is designed mainly for people to live in and the other has a GVM of less than 4.5t.

Example of a no trucks sign—