Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 110

110 .         Keeping a minimum distance between long vehicles

        (1)         In this regulation —

        long vehicle means a vehicle or combination 7.5 m or more in length, inclusive of any projection and of its load;

        required distance , for a long vehicle outside a built-up area, means 200 m.

        (2)         The driver of a long vehicle when following another long vehicle shall, wherever conditions permit, keep the vehicle not less than the required distance behind the other vehicle unless the driver is —

            (a)         on a carriageway provided with 2 or more marked lanes available exclusively for vehicles travelling in the same direction as that in which the long vehicle is travelling; or

            (b)         overtaking or passing.

        Points: 1         Modified penalty: 2 PU