Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 108

108 Trucks and buses low gear signs

(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.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(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.

(3) A trucks and buses low gear sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending—

(a) if information on or with the sign indicates a distance—at that distance on the road from the sign; or

(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—