Using portable warning triangles
227 Using portable warning triangles
This rule applies to a driver if the GVM of the driver's vehicle is over 12 tonnes.
Note
Driver's vehicle is defined in the dictionary. GVM is defined in the Road Safety Act 1986.
(2) If the driver stops on a road, or if some or all of any load being carried by the vehicle falls on to a road, at a place where the speed-limit is 80 kilometres per hour or more and the vehicle is not visible at any time for at least 300 metres in all directions from that place, the driver must use at least 3 portable warning triangles, placed in accordance with subrule (4), to warn other road users of the vehicle or load.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
Notes
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