MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 98O
MOTOR VEHICLES ACT 1959 - SECT 98O
98O—Persons who may ride in towtruck
(a) the
driver of the towtruck; and
(b) the
owner, driver or person in charge of a vehicle that is being, or is to be,
towed,
may ride in or upon a towtruck while it is being driven within the declared
area to the scene of an accident.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(a) the
driver of the towtruck; and
(b) the
owner, driver or person in charge of a damaged vehicle that is being towed;
and
(c) any
person who was a passenger in that damaged vehicle,
must not ride in or upon a towtruck while it is towing a damaged vehicle
within the declared area from the scene of an accident.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(3) Where a person
rides in or upon a towtruck in contravention of subsection (1) or (2),
the driver of the towtruck is also guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $750.
(4) An allegation in
any information for an offence against this section that a towtruck was being
driven, or was towing a vehicle, within the declared area to or from the
scene of an accident is, in the absence of proof to the contrary, proof of the
facts so stated.
(5) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this section, one other person who is the holder of a
towtruck certificate or temporary towtruck certificate may accompany the
driver (in addition to any other persons referred to in subsection (1) or
(2)) on any towtruck with a mass of more than five tonnes.