National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation - Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006
104No trucks signs
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104 No trucks signs
(1) A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not drive past a no trucks sign that has information on or with it indicating a mass if the GVM of the driver’s vehicle (or, if the driver is driving a combination, any vehicle in the combination) is more than that mass, unless the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle on a route passing the sign under another law of this jurisdiction.
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Note: Bus, combination, driver’s vehicle, GVM and with are defined in the dictionary.
(2) A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not drive past a no trucks sign that has information on or with it indicating a length if the length of the driver’s vehicle (or, if the driver is driving a combination, the length of the combination) is longer than that length, unless the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle on a route passing the sign under another law of this jurisdiction.
Offence provision.
(3) The driver of a truck must not drive past a no trucks sign that has no information on or with it indicating a mass or length, unless the driver is permitted to drive the truck on a route passing the sign under another law of this jurisdiction.
Offence provision.
Note: Truck is defined in the dictionary.
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(4) This rule does not apply to a driver if the destination of the driver lies beyond a no trucks sign and: (a) there is no other route by which the driver’s vehicle could reach that destination; or (b) any other route by which the driver’s vehicle could reach that destination would require the vehicle to pass another no trucks sign.