108Trucks 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.

Length of road and truck are defined in the dictionary. Bus is defined in the Road Safety Act 1986.

(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.

(3) A trucks and buses low gear sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending—

(a) if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign; or

(b) in any other case—at an end truck and bus low gear sign on the road.

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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