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#### 108 Trucks and buses low gear signs
108 Trucks and buses low gear signs
> > (1) If the driver of a truck or bus is driving on a length of road 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 bus without the use of a primary brake.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Bus, length of road and truck are defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (2) Subrule (1) does not apply to the driver of a bus if information on or with the sign indicates that it applies only to trucks.
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> > Note.
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> > With is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (3) A *trucks and buses low gear sign* on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending—
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> > > (a) if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign, or
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> > > (b) in any other case—at an *end trucks and buses low gear sign* on the road.
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> > (4) In this rule—
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> > primary brake means the footbrake, or other brake, fitted to a truck or bus that is normally used to slow or stop the vehicle.
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> | Trucks and buses low gear sign | End trucks and buses low gear sign |