South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations118—Other lights and reflectors
(1) In this rule:
"exempt vehicle" means:
(a) a
police vehicle; or
(b) an
emergency vehicle.
"special use vehicle" means:
(a) a
vehicle built, fitted or acquired for a special use that when so used may
result in a hazardous situation on a road; or
(b) a
vehicle, or combination, that because of its dimensions is permitted to be
driven on a road only in accordance with an oversize or overmass vehicle
exemption (see section 115 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 ); or
(c) a
vehicle built or fitted to accompany a vehicle, or combination, mentioned in
paragraph (b); or
(d) a
bus fitted, before July 1999, with a sign telling road users that the bus
carries children.
Examples of special use vehicles to which paragraph (a) applies—
1 Tow trucks.
2 Vehicle breakdown
service vehicles.
3 Weed spraying
vehicles.
4 Power driven lawn
mowers.
5 Animal rescue
vehicles.
6 Vehicles used by
primary producers droving stock between paddocks.
7 Buses fitted for use
on the track commonly known as the O-Bahn busway.
(2) A vehicle may be
fitted with a light or reflector not mentioned in the Vehicle Standards only
if another law of this jurisdiction allows that light or reflector to be
fitted.
(3) However, unless
subrule (4) applies, a vehicle must not be fitted with:
(a) a
light that flashes; or
(b) a
light or reflector that:
(i)
shows a red light to the front; or
(ii)
shows a white light to the rear; or
(iii)
is shaped or located in a way that reduces the
effectiveness of a light or reflector that is required to be fitted to the
vehicle under the Vehicle Standards.
(4) Despite any
requirement of a third edition ADR:
(a) an
exempt vehicle may be fitted with any light or reflector;
(b) a
special use vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more flashing yellow lights;
(c) a
State Government enforcement vehicle may be fitted with 1 or more flashing
magenta lights.