Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) If the driver of a
truck or a bus is driving on a length of carriageway to which a “trucks
and buses low gear” sign applies, the driver must drive the truck or bus
in a gear that is low enough to limit the speed of the truck or the bus
without the use of a primary brake.
Points: 3 Modified
penalty: 4 PU
(2) A “trucks
and buses low gear” sign on a carriageway applies to the length of
carriageway beginning at the sign and ending —
(a) if
information on or with the sign indicates a distance — at that
distance on the carriageway from the sign; or
(b) in
any other case — at an “end trucks and buses low gear”
sign on the carriageway.
(3) In this
regulation —
“end trucks and buses low gear” sign
includes a sign that simply states “end truck low gear”;
primary brake means the footbrake, or other brake,
fitted to a truck that is normally used to slow or stop the vehicle;
“trucks and buses low gear” sign
includes a sign that simply states that “trucks must use low
gear”.
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Trucks and buses low gear sign
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End trucks and buses low gear sign
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Note There are a number of other
permitted versions of these signs.
[Regulation 90 amended: Gazette
9 Sep 2014 p. 3246; SL 2020/253 r. 28.]
