South Australian Current Acts

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 83

83—Speed in emergency service speed zone

        (1)         A person must not, while driving through an emergency service speed zone, drive at a speed greater than—

            (a)         25 kilometres per hour; or

            (b)         if a lesser speed is required in the circumstances to avoid endangering any person—that lesser speed.

Note—

The penalty for a contravention against this section is set out in section 164A.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply if the person is driving on a road that is divided by a median strip and the emergency service speed zone is on the other side of the road beyond the median strip.

        (3)         In this section—

"emergency service speed zone" means an area of road—

            (a)         in the immediate vicinity of an emergency vehicle that has stopped on the road and is displaying a flashing blue or red light (whether or not it is also displaying other lights); or

            (b)         between 2 sets of flashing blue or red lights that have been placed by an emergency worker at either end of a length of road on which an emergency vehicle has stopped;

"emergency vehicle" means a vehicle used by an emergency worker;

"emergency worker" means a police officer or a person who is an emergency worker as defined by the regulations for the purposes of this section.