Vehicle and Traffic (Vehicle Operations) Regulations 2024

Regulation 45

1. Travel restrictions at night At night, a vehicle or combination must not travel –

outside an urban area; or

in an urban area unless accompanied by a pilot vehicle.

2. Prohibition on towing A vehicle must not tow another vehicle.

3. Prohibition on carrying load A vehicle must not carry a load.

4. Flags

A vehicle or combination, and any load, must display 4 brightly coloured red, yellow, or red and yellow, flags, each at least 450 millimetres long and at least 450 millimetres wide.

A flag must be positioned at each side of the front and rear of –

any projecting load; or

if there is no projecting load, the vehicle or combination.

5. Delineators

A vehicle or combination with a projecting load must have at least 2 yellow, rigid pieces of material (known as "delineators"), one attached to the front and the other attached to the rear of the projection.

A vehicle or combination must have at least 4 delineators with at least one on each side at the front and at least one on each side at the rear.

A delineator must –

be at least 300 millimetres long and at least 300 millimetres wide; and

comply with Class 1 or 2 of Australian Standard AS 1906:2007, Retroreflective materials and devices for road traffic control purposes, as amended and in force at the commencement of these regulations; and

if at the front of the projection, be attached so that its reflective surface is facing forward of the vehicle; and

if at the rear of the projection, be attached so that its reflective surface is facing rearward of the vehicle.

6. Marker lights for night travel At night, a vehicle or combination must display –

lights showing yellow to the front and red to the rear (known as "side markers") no more than 2 metres apart along both sides of the vehicle and along any front or rear projection; and

2 red lights (known as "rear markers") fixed to the rear of any rear-projecting load, within 400 millimetres of each side of the load, and at least one metre but not more than 2.1 metres above the ground.

7. Headlights A vehicle, or the front vehicle in an oversize combination, must have its low-beam headlights illuminated while travelling in the daytime, unless it is not required under the Vehicle Standards to have headlights.

8. Side lights for travel at night

When travelling at night, a vehicle with a projection extending more than 1.2 metres in front of the vehicle body must display an illuminated yellow light fixed on each side of the projection, mounted as far forward as possible, and shielded from the driver's view.

Both lights referred to in subclause (1) must be visible to any traffic approaching the vehicle from its front, and at least one of the lights must be visible to any traffic approaching the vehicle from either side.

9. Markings for vehicles

A pattern covering an area of at least 0.16 square metres and consisting of diagonal stripes at least 150 millimetres wide and alternately coloured –

must be displayed on the sides of the rear of the vehicle.

red and white; or

black and white –

Any part of an axle extending more than 150 millimetres from the outside wall of a vehicle's tyre must be painted fluorescent yellow or have fluorescent yellow, or other highly visible, material wrapped around it.