{"id":4896,"date":"2022-12-06T19:10:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T08:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/?p=4896"},"modified":"2022-12-06T19:10:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T08:10:39","slug":"overdimension-truck-penalties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/overdimension-truck-penalties\/","title":{"rendered":"Overdimension truck penalties"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The maximum truck height is 4.3m without a permit being required. Trucks can drive on all roads, unless there&#8217;s a specific low bridge. Some trucks are able to operate at 4.6m if they operate subject to the <a href=\"https:\/\/roads-waterways.transport.nsw.gov.au\/business-industry\/heavy-vehicles\/road-access\/restricted-access-vehicles\/4-6m-high.html\">4.6-metre High Vehicle Route Notice 2013<\/a>; a permit notice is required and the number of roads they can travel on is restricted. If it&#8217;s over 4.6m then a specific permit is required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a truck is too tall or long for the road it is on, the driver and operator can receive penalties, whether you cause any damage or not. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If damage is caused, the penalties are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>6 demerit points<\/li><li>a penalty notice of $2200 (soon to be $4400)<\/li><li>a maximum court penalty of over $3700.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, any damage caused will need to be repaired and that is the responsibility of the driver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bridge-surface-repair-595x302.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bridge-surface-repair-595x302.jpg 595w, https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bridge-surface-repair-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bridge-surface-repair-768x390.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bridge-surface-repair-1536x780.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/bridge-surface-repair.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><figcaption>Workers repair a bridge after a beam was deformed due to a strike by an overheight vehicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The maximum truck height is 4.3m without a permit being required. Trucks can drive on all roads, unless there&#8217;s a specific low bridge. Some trucks are able to operate at 4.6m if they operate subject to the 4.6-metre High Vehicle<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/overdimension-truck-penalties\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4898,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4896\/revisions\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driverknowledgetests.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}