Western Australian Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 1975 - REG 1808

1808 .         Heavy vehicles on Greenmount Hill

        (1)         A person shall not drive a heavy vehicle in a heavy vehicle speed zone at a speed exceeding 40 kilometres per hour.

        (2)         In this regulation — 

        “end of heavy vehicle speed zone sign” means a sign, erected near the boundary of a carriageway to face approaching drivers, that is substantially rectangular in shape and consists of the message “END OF HEAVY VEHICLE SPEED ZONE” in black lettering upon a white background;

        “heavy vehicle” means a vehicle, other than an omnibus, that has, or together with any attached trailer has, a gross combination mass, an aggregate mass, or a laden mass, that is 22.5 tonnes or more;

        “heavy vehicle speed zone” means a length of carriageway, defined at its beginning by means of a heavy vehicle speed zone sign and at its end by means of an end of heavy vehicle speed zone sign;

        “heavy vehicle speed zone sign” means a sign, erected near the boundary of a carriageway to face approaching drivers, that is substantially rectangular in shape and consists of — 

            (a)         the numerals “40” in black set within a red circle; and

            (b)         the message “ALL VEHICLES 22.5 tonnes or more” in black lettering,

                upon a white background.

        [Regulation 1808 inserted in Gazette 1 November 1996 p.5796; amended in Gazette 30 November 1999 p.5954.]