Road Rules 2014

(1) A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not drive past 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, unless the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle on a route passing the sign under another law of this jurisdiction.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note.

Bus, combination, driver’s vehicle and with are defined in the Dictionary, and GVM is defined in the Act.

(2) A driver (except the driver of a bus) must not drive past 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, unless the driver is permitted to drive the vehicle on a route passing the sign under another law of this jurisdiction.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for an offence in relation to the length of road between Galston and Hornsby Heights that crosses Galston Gorge—50 penalty units, or

(b) otherwise—34 penalty units.

(3) The driver of a truck must not drive past a no trucks sign that has no information on or with it indicating a mass or length, unless the driver is permitted to drive the truck on a route passing the sign under another law of this jurisdiction.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note.

Truck is defined in the Dictionary.

(4) This rule does not apply to a driver if the destination of the driver lies beyond a no trucks sign and—

(a) there is no other route by which the driver’s vehicle could reach that destination, or

(b) any other route by which the driver’s vehicle could reach that destination would require the vehicle to pass another no trucks sign.