Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) This rule applies to a driver if the GVM of the driver's vehicle is over 12 tonnes.
Note
Driver's vehicle is defined in the dictionary and GVM is defined in the Road Safety Act 1986 .
(2) If the driver stops on a road and the vehicle is not visible at any time for at least 200 metres in all directions from the vehicle, the driver must use at least 3 portable warning triangles, positioned in accordance with subrule (4), to warn other road users of the vehicle.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
Notes
1 Portable warning triangle is defined in the dictionary, and road user is defined in rule 14.
2 See rule 220 for the requirement to operate certain lights on vehicles that are stopped.
(3) If some or all of any load being carried by the vehicle falls onto a road and is not clearly visible at any time for at least 200 metres in all directions from the fallen load, the driver must use at least 3 portable warning triangles, positioned in accordance with subrule (4), to warn other road users of the fallen load.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
(4) The driver must position the portable warning triangles so—
(a) 1 triangle is at least 50 metres, but not over 150 metres, in front of the vehicle or fallen load; and
(b) 1 triangle is at least 50 metres, but not over 150 metres, behind the vehicle or fallen load; and
(c) 1 triangle is at the side of the vehicle, or fallen load, in a position that gives sufficient warning to other road users of the position of the vehicle or fallen load.
(5) In this rule—
"road" does not include a road related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.
Note
Road related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.
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Notes
1 For the Road Rules, a pedestrian includes—
• a person driving a motorised wheelchair that cannot travel at over 10 kilometres per hour (on level ground);
• a person in a non-motorised wheelchair;
• a person pushing a motorised or non-motorised wheelchair;
• a person in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy (see rule 18).
2 "Wheelchair", wheeled recreational device and wheeled toy are defined in the dictionary.