Heavy Vehicle (Vehicle Standards) National Regulation

This section—

applies if a road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must be fitted to a vehicle under section 5; and

prescribes requirements about the warning sign.

The face of a road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must have—

a yellow surface complying with class 1, 2, 400 or 100 of the version of AS/NZS 1906 ‘Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes’ applying to the warning sign at the sign’s date of manufacture; and

a black border; and

its manufacturer’s name or trademark, and the brand and class of material used for the warning sign’s surface, permanently marked in letters no more 10mm high on any visible part of the sign.

A road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must be manufactured from a material appropriate to its intended use on the vehicle.

A road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must be at least 1.02m long and at least 250mm high.

The length of a road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign may be split into 2 parts, in which case the combined length of its parts must be at least 1.02m long.

A road train warning sign must show the words ‘ROAD TRAIN’, and a long vehicle warning sign must show the words ‘LONG VEHICLE’, in black capital letters, and in typeface Series B(N) complying with AS 1744 ‘Forms of Letters and Numerals for Road Signs’.

The letters on a road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must be at least 180mm high.

If the length of a road train warning sign is split into 2 parts, the part fitted on the left must show the word ‘ROAD’ and the part fitted on the right must show the word ‘TRAIN’.

If the length of a long vehicle warning sign is split into 2 parts, the part fitted on the left must show the word ‘LONG’ and the part fitted on the right must show the word ‘VEHICLE’.

However, a road train warning sign, or a long vehicle warning sign, split into 2 parts need not have a border between the 2 parts.

A road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must be fitted horizontally.

A road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must be fitted so—

the lower edge of the warning sign is at least 500mm above ground level; and

the upper edge of the warning sign is no more than 1.8m above ground level; and

the warning sign is unlikely to become dislocated or furl.

If the length of a road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign is split into 2 parts, each part must be fitted at the same height as the other.

A road train warning sign or long vehicle warning sign must—

be displayed so that the entire sign is clearly visible; and

be maintained so that it can be easily read by other road users.

sch 3 s 6 amd 2018 SL No. 89 s 40; 2021 SL No. 9 s 10