73Ground clearance

73 Ground clearance ground clearance, of a vehicle, means the minimum distance to the ground from a point on the underside of the vehicle, except a point on a tyre, wheel, wheel hub, brake backing plate or flexible mudguard or mudflap of the vehicle. (2) A motor vehicle or combination must have a ground clearance of: (a) at least 100 millimetres at any point within 1 metre of an axle; and (b) at least one-thirtieth of the distance between the centres of adjacent axles at the midpoint between them; and (c) at any other point – at least the distance that allows the vehicle or combination to pass over a peak in the road with a gradient on either side of 1:15, if the wheels of 1 axle of the

Motor Vehicles (Standards) Regulations 2003 – Australian Vehicle Standards Rules 35 vehicle or combination are on the slope on one side of the peak and the wheels of the next axle are on the slope on the other side. (3) However, subrule (2) does not apply to: (a) a motor vehicle with less than 4 wheels; or (b) a combination that includes a motor vehicle with less than 4 wheels. Ground clearance at the mid-point between 2 axles Ground clearance over a peak in the road Note This Part deals with how the lights on a vehicle must be fitted and work so that the driver can see the road, pedestrians and other vehicles at night, and can signal to others. Other laws provide for when certain lights must be switched on. In this Part, the description ‘yellow’ is used as a more modern term, instead of the description ‘amber’ which is used in earlier legislation and some ADRs.