Victorian Consolidated Regulations

-- - SECT 249

Towing offences

249. Towing offences



(1) A person must not, without the Corporation's approval, use, or cause or
permit to be used, on a highway a motor vehicle that is towing more than one
other vehicle.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to a B-double or road train.

(3) A person must not use on a highway a combination where a vehicle forming
part of the combination is not securely coupled to the vehicle in front of it.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.

(4) The registered operator of a vehicle must ensure that the vehicle is not
used as part of a combination if any vehicle forming part of the combination
is not securely coupled to the vehicle in front of it.

Penalty: In the case of a body corporate, 50 penalty units.
In any other case, 10 penalty units.

(5) A person other than a person referred to in subregulation (3) or (4), who
caused or permitted a combination or a vehicle comprising part of a
combination to be used on a highway is guilty of an offence if any vehicle
forming part of the combination is not securely coupled to the vehicle in
front of it.

Penalty: In the case of a body corporate, 50 penalty units. In any other case,
10 penalty units.