sec.108Trucks and buses low gear signs

sec.108 Trucks and buses low gear signs

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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsection (1) does not apply to the driver of a bus if information on or with the sign indicates that it applies only to trucks. A trucks and buses low gear sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending— if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign; or in any other case—at an end trucks and buses low gear sign on the road. In this section— primary brake means the footbrake, or other brake, fitted to a truck or bus that is normally used to slow or stop the vehicle. (sec.108-ssec.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. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.108-ssec.2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the driver of a bus if information on or with the sign indicates that it applies only to trucks. (sec.108-ssec.3) A trucks and buses low gear sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending— if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign; or in any other case—at an end trucks and buses low gear sign on the road. (sec.108-ssec.4) In this section— primary brake means the footbrake, or other brake, fitted to a truck or bus that is normally used to slow or stop the vehicle.

• (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 trucks and buses low gear sign on the road.