Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
sec.103Load limit signs
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sec.103 Load limit signs
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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. 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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In this section— vehicle includes any load carried by the vehicle. (sec.103-ssec.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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.103-ssec.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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.103-ssec.3) In this section— vehicle includes any load carried by the vehicle.