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Vehicle Information and Gazette Notices

To access Gazette Notices, Information Bulletins, Permits and Inspection information relating to a particular vehicle, please select one of the vehicle types below.

What are Gazette Notices?

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Publications

Roadside Rest Area GuideRoadside Rest Area Guide

Gazettes (Code of Practice)/ Public Notices form (PDF) March 2009
DTEI Route Assessment for Restricted Access Vehicles (PDF) October 2008
Authorised assessors list (PDF)
Changes to the Map requirements for Restricted Access Vehicles (PDF) - Fact Sheet October 2007
Policy for the Transport of Oversize and Overmass Indivisible Loads and Vehicles (PDF) - June 2006
General Freight and Commodity Route Networks for Restricted Access Vehicles (PDF)

New and updated Gazette Notices new

Gazette Notice for Railway Level ('Star') Crossings on approved Commodity route network - 1 July 2009

Vehicles over 3m in Width - 1 July 2009

Stationary Noise from Vehicles Certified to ADR 83/00 - 1 July 2009

Brakes Exemption for Trailers with Laden Mass not Exceeding 6 Tonne and not Exceeding 25km/h - 1 July 2009

Towing Citrus Trailers - 1 July 2009

 
 

higher mass limit trucks

Concessional Mass Limits
   
higher mass limit trucks Higher Mass Limits
   
23.0 metre b double trucks B-Doubles
25.0 metre b double trucks  
   

32 metre double road train

36.5 metre double road train

53.5 metre triple road train

Road Trains (including Converter Dolly)

  • 32M Double Road Train
  • 36.5M Double Road Train
  • 53.5M Triple Road Train
  • Converter Dolly
   
Low Loader

Prime Movers and Low Loader Combinations up to 23 meters

  • Length    ≤    23 Metres
  • Width       ≤    2.5 Metres
  • GCM          ≤    42.5 Tonnes
   
14.5 metre controlled access bus Buses
agricultural vehicles Agricultural Vehicles
  Car Carrier
  General Freight
  Oversize/Overmass Vehicles
  Rigid Truck and Trailer
  Miscellaneous
  Overmass Low Loader Vehicles
 

What are Gazette Notices?

A Gazette Notice is an exemption granted under the Road Traffic Act. A Gazette Notice allows Restricted Access Vehicles (RAVs) to operate on approved route networks in South Australia, provided that the terms and conditions of the Notice have been met.

RAVs include long combinations vehicles such as:

  • Road Trains
  • B-Doubles
  • Car Carriers
  • Higher Mass Limits Vehicles
  • Controlled Access Buses.

A series of South Australian route networks has been assessed and approved as safe and suitable for use by RAVs. These approved route networks are published as notices in the South Australian Government Gazette, and are known as “Gazettes”.

Gazette Notices contain the:

  • Approved route networks
  • Terms and conditions for operation.

RAV drivers must comply with all conditions specified in the Gazette Notice when operating on an approved route.


 

 

 
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