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Offence for driving heavy motor vehicle without police escort

Road Traffic Act 1961

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—(1) Any person who drives or causes to be driven on any road a heavy motor vehicle the overall height of which exceeds 4.5 metres without being escorted by a police officer, or an auxiliary police officer appointed in accordance with any written law, shall be guilty of an offence.(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —(a)for a first offence, to imprisonment for a presumptive minimum term of not less than one year and not more than 3 years and, in addition, to a fine not exceeding $2,000; and(b)for a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term of not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years and, in addition, to a fine not exceeding $5,000.(3) [Deleted by Act 4 of 2006](4) A person convicted of an offence under subsection (1) is, unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to order otherwise and without prejudice to the power of the court to order a longer period of disqualification —(a)in the case of a first offence, to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of not less than one year; and(b)in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period of not less than 2 years.(5) Any disqualification imposed against any person under subsection (4) takes effect from the date the person is released from prison.(6) In this section —“heavy motor vehicle” means —(a)a goods vehicle the weight of which unladen exceeds 2,500 kilogrammes;(b)a motor vehicle which is —(i)an engineering plant or a mobile crane or is designed and constructed for engineering operations; or(ii)drawing a trailer carrying a container or other load;“overall height”, in relation to a heavy motor vehicle, means the distance between the surface on which the vehicle rests and the highest point of the vehicle, and where it is carrying a load the highest point of its load.

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