Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 216

216 Towing a vehicle at night or in hazardous weather conditions

(1) A driver must not tow a vehicle at night, or in hazardous weather conditions causing reduced visibility, unless—

(a) if the towed vehicle is being towed from the front of the vehicle—

(i) the tail-lights of the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or

(ii) the vehicle has portable rear lights that are operating; or

(b) if the towed vehicle is being towed from the rear of the vehicle—the vehicle has portable rear lights that are operating.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) However, this section does not apply to the driver of a tow truck if—

(a) the driver is towing a disabled vehicle carrying a placard load of dangerous goods to a place that is safely off the road; and

(b) a vehicle carrying a warning to other traffic is following immediately behind the disabled vehicle.

(3) In this section—

"dangerous goods" means goods that are dangerous goods under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018 , section 32 .

"placard load" has the meaning given by the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2018 .

"portable rear lights" means—

(a) for a vehicle being towed from the front of the vehicle—a pair of lights attached to the rear of the vehicle that, when operating, show a red light that is clearly visible for at least 200m from the rear of the vehicle; or

(b) for a vehicle being towed from the rear of the vehicle—a pair of lights attached to the front of the vehicle that, when operating, show a red light that is clearly visible for at least 200m from the front of the vehicle.

"road" does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.