Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Answer 10 Questions From the Following Questionnaire (8 Out of 10 Correct For a Pass):

Question: What is the Maximum Mass That May Be Carried on a Single Axle With Dual Tyres Other That an Omnibus?


Answer: 9000kg

Question: What is the Maximum Speed Limit in the Built-up Area Unless Otherwise Indicated, For a Vehicle That Weighs More Than 4.5 Tonnes?


Answer: 50km/h

Question: What is the Maximum Permissible Height of a Vehicle and its Load, Other That a Livestock Trailer?


Answer: 4.3 metres

Question: A Heavy Vehicle of Which the Mass, Together With Any Attached Trailer and the Total Load Carried (if any), Exceeds 12 Tonnes is Compelled to Carry Certain Emergency Equipment, if Outside a Built up Area. What is this Equipment?


Answer: 3 portable warning signs complying with the relevant Australian Standards.

Question: What is the Permissible Width, Including the Load, of Any Vehicle?


Answer: 2.5 metres

Question: What are the Requirements in Regard to Any Extra Mass or Oversize Permit Which May be Issued?


Answer: The permit must be carried in the vehicle and be produced on demand when requested by any police officer or other authorised person.

Question: When Must a Trailer be Equipped With Break Away Brakes?


Answer: Where the gross mass exceeds two tonnes or it is a semi-trailer or pole type trailer.

Question: What is the Maximum Speed Limit for a Vehicle, the Gross Vehicle Mass of Which Taking Into Account Any Trailer Attached and Including the Total Load Carried, is More Than 12 Tonnes?


Answer: 100 km/h.

Question: Is it Permissible to Tow a Trailer Behind an Articulated Vehicle?


Answer: Not without the written permission of the Commissioner of Main Roads.

Question: What are the Provisions With Regard to Condition of Mudguards?


Answer: They shall be in good condition, free from cracks and sharp or jagged edges.

Question: What is the Maximum Permitted Length of an Articulated Vehicle and its Load?


Answer: 19.0 meters

Question: What is the Permissible Overall Length, Including the Load, of Any Rigid Vehicle, Other Than an Omnibus?


Answer: 12.5 metres

Question: What is the Maximum Mass That May be Carried on a Single Axle With Single Tyres, Other Than an Omnibus?


Answer: 6000kg

Question: What Must You Do When You Desire to Carry an Overwidth, Overheight, or Overlength Load or a Load Exceeding That For Which the Vehicle is Licensed?


Answer: Obtain a permit from the Commissioner of Main Roads, or appointed agent.

Question: If You are Hauling a Load Greater Than Your Licence Permits, What May You be Compelled to do in Relation to the Overload, Either Where You are Stopped or at a Specific Place?


Answer: Off load the excess.

Question: Regarding Vehicle Weight, What Information is Pinted on the Registration Sticker For a Vehicle Licensed as a Goods Vehicle?


Answer: Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM), Gross Combination Mass (GCM) and Manufacturers Gross Combination Mass (Man-GCM).

Question: In the Event of a Disabled Heavy Vehicle Being Left on a Carriageway Outside a Built-up Area During the Hours of Darkness, in What Position Must the Portable Warning Signs be Placed?


Answer: One sign must be placed beside the vehicle, and one each to the front and rear at a distance of not less than fifty metres or more than one hundred and fifty metres. Wherever practicable, at least one sign must be visible to an approaching driver at a distance of not less than two hundred metres.