Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A driver must not drive a vehicle unless the driver has proper control of the vehicle.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(1A) A person must not drive a vehicle if a person or an animal is in the driver's lap.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
(2) A driver must not drive a motor vehicle unless the driver has a clear view of the road, and traffic, ahead, behind and to each side of the driver.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note
Motor vehicle is defined in the Road Safety Act 1986 .
(3) The rider of a motor bike must not ride with an animal on the motor bike between the rider and the handlebars, or in another position that interferes with the rider's ability to control the motorbike or to have a clear view of the road.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note
Motor bike is defined in the dictionary.
(4) Subrule (3) does not apply to the rider of a motor bike who rides with an animal between the rider and the handlebars for a distance of not more than 500 metres on a road for the purpose of a farming activity that the rider is carrying out.