Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 293

293 Removing fallen etc. things from the road

(1) This section applies to a driver if—

(a) something falls onto the road from the driver’s vehicle, or the driver, or a passenger in or on the driver’s vehicle, puts something on the road; and

(b) there is a possibility that the thing, if left on the road, may injure a person, obstruct the path of other drivers or pedestrians, or damage a vehicle or anything else (for example, the road surface).

(2) The driver must remove the thing, or take action to have the thing removed, from the road as soon as the driver can do so safely.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Examples of things—

a fallen load, oil, grease, a wheel chock, debris from an accident

(3) If something has fallen onto the road from a vehicle because of a crash and the vehicle is towed away by a person, the person must remove the thing from the road as soon as the person can do so safely.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

"put" , something onto the road, includes—

(a) throw, drop or propel the thing onto the road; and

(b) otherwise cause the thing to be on the road.