Division 3Signs for trucks, buses and other large vehicles#

102Clearance and low clearance signs#

1. (1)A driver must not drive past a clearance sign, or a low clearance sign, if the driver’s vehicle, or any vehicle connected to it, is higher than the height (in metres) indicated by the sign.

Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.

1. (2)In this section—

vehicle

includes any load carried by the vehicle.

103Load limit signs#

1. (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.

1. (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.

1. (3)In this section—

vehicle

includes any load carried by the vehicle.

104No trucks signs#

1. (1)A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not contravene a no trucks sign that has information on or with it indicating a mass if the GVM of the driver’s vehicle (or, if the driver is driving a combination, any vehicle in the combination) is more than that mass.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

1. (2)A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not contravene a no trucks sign that has information on or with it indicating a length if the length of the driver’s vehicle (or, if the driver is driving a combination, the length of the combination) is longer than that length.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

1. (3)The driver of a truck must not contravene a no trucks sign that has no information on or with it indicating a mass or length.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

1. (4)It is a defence to a charge under subsection (1), (2) or (3) for the driver to prove—
2. (a)the destination of the driver's vehicle was on or near the road on which the no trucks sign was located; and
3. (b)the driver—
4. (i)could not reach the vehicle's destination by another route; or
5. (ii)could reach the vehicle's destination by another route only by contravening another no trucks sign in a way mentioned in subsection (1), (2) or (3).

1. (5)For subsections (1) to (4), a driver contravenes a no truck sign by—
2. (a)if the sign applies to 1 or more, but not all, marked lanes on a road—driving in a marked lane while the sign applies to the lane; or
3. (b)otherwise—driving past the sign.

1. (6)Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to—
2. (a)a driver of a motorised caravan on the Brisbane Urban Corridor or on the part of the Ipswich Motorway between Granard Road and the Albert Street pedestrian bridge at Goodna; or
3. (b)a driver passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A(2) or (4).

(7) In this section—

Brisbane Urban Corridor

means the route between Archerfield and Wishart consisting of Mt Gravatt–Capalaba Road west of the Gateway Motorway, Kessels Road, Riawena Road and Granard Road.

motorised caravan

means—

1. (a)1 vehicle with a GVM over 4.5t, designed mainly for people to live in; or

1. (b)a combination of 2 vehicles with a GVM over 4.5t if 1 of the vehicles is designed mainly for people to live in and the other has a GVM of less than 4.5t.

Example of a no trucks sign—

105Trucks must enter signs#

If the driver of a truck drives past a trucks must enter sign, the driver must enter the area indicated by information on or with the sign.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Example—

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106No buses signs#

1. (1)The driver of a bus must not drive past a no buses sign that has information on or with it indicating a mass if the GVM of the bus is more than that mass.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

1. (2)The driver of a bus must not drive past a no buses sign that has information on or with it indicating a length if the bus is longer than that length.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

1. (3)The driver of a bus must not drive past a no buses sign that has no information on or with it indicating a mass or length.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Example—

107Buses must enter signs#

If the driver of a bus drives past a buses must enter sign, the driver must enter the area indicated by information on or with the sign.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Example—

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108Trucks and buses low gear signs#

1. (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.

1. (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.

1. (3)A trucks and buses low gear sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending—
2. (a)if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign; or
3. (b)in any other case—at an end trucks and buses low gear sign on the road.

(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.

Examples—

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