Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(1) The Board of an alpine resort may erect a sign or notice in an alpine resort during the snow season (a fit wheel chains sign ), requiring the driver of a motor vehicle to ensure that wheel chains are properly fitted to that motor vehicle.
(2) The driver of a motor vehicle must not drive past a fit wheel chains sign unless—
(a) the motor vehicle is properly fitted with wheel chains; or
(b) the fit wheel chains sign exempts the class of motor vehicle the driver is driving from the requirement to fit wheel chains.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
Example
A fit wheel chains sign could exempt vehicles that have snow tyres fitted to all wheels.
(3) The Board of an alpine resort must ensure that a fit wheel chains sign—
(a) is displayed adjacent to roads within the alpine resort in such a place and manner that the sign is reasonably likely to be seen by any person affected; and
(b) provides details of the vehicles or classes of vehicles to which the sign relates.
(4) An offence against subregulation (2) is an operator onus offence for the purposes of Part 6AA of the Road Safety Act 1986 .