103Load limit signs

103 Load limit signs

(1)  A driver must not drive past a bridge load limit (gross mass) sign or gross load limit sign if the total of the gross mass (in tonnes) of the driver’s vehicle, and any vehicle connected to it, is more than the gross mass indicated by the sign.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

Note Driver's vehicle is defined in the dictionary.

(2)  A driver must not drive past a bridge load limit (mass per axle group) sign if the mass (in tonnes) carried by an axle group of the driver’s vehicle, or any vehicle connected to it, is more than the mass indicated by the sign for the axle group.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.

(3)  In this rule –

vehicle includes any load carried by the vehicle.

| Bridge load limit (gross mass) sign |

| Gross load limit sign |

| Bridge load limit (mass per axle group) sign | | Note for diagram | There are a number of other permitted versions of the bridge load limit (mass per axle group) sign – see the diagrams in Schedule 3. |