Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A vehicle must
have firmly fitted a mudguard for each wheel or for adjacent wheels.
(2) However,
subrule (1) does not apply to a vehicle if —
(a) the
construction or use of the vehicle makes the fitting of mudguards unnecessary
or impracticable; or
(b) the
body or part of the body of the vehicle acts as a mudguard.
(3) A mudguard fitted
to a vehicle with a GVM over 4.5 t must, when the wheels of the vehicle
are in position to move straight ahead —
(a)
reduce the danger of a person contacting the moving wheels; and
(b) for
the rear wheels —
(i)
cover the overall tyre width of the wheel or wheels to
which it is fitted; and
(ii)
be fitted so the height above ground level of the lowest
edge of the rear of the mudguard is not over one-third of the horizontal
distance between the edge and the centre of the rearmost axle.
(4) However, a
mudguard may be up to —
(a)
230 mm above ground level; or
(b) on a
vehicle built to be used off road — 300 mm above ground
level.
(5) The outside of a
rear mudguard, except a mudflap, of a vehicle that can be seen from the rear
of the vehicle must be coloured white or silver if the vehicle —
(a) is
at least 2.2 m wide;
(b) has
a body the vertical measurement of which is under 300 mm at the rear,
measured from the lowest point of the body above ground level to the highest
point; and
(c) is
not fitted with rear marking plates in accordance with rule 113.
(6) For
subrule (5)(a), the width of a vehicle is measured disregarding any
anti-skid device mounted on wheels, central tyre inflation systems, lights,
mirrors, reflectors, signalling devices and tyre pressure gauges.