Road Traffic Act 1961 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · General Provisions Relating to Road Traffic
79. Offence for driving heavy motor vehicle without police escort
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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.
road
“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes —(a)any road within Pulau Bukom;(b)any road within the limits of any installation of the Singapore Armed Forces declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to be an installation to which this Act applies;(c)any bridge over which a road passes; and(d)any road, to which the public does not have access, which the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport prescribes, by notification in the Gazette, to be a road to which this Act applies;
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on conviction —
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
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.
[Deleted by Act 4 of 2006]
A court convicting a person of an offence under subsection (1) is to, unless the court for special reasons thinks fit to not order or to order a shorter period of disqualification, order that the person —
in the case of a first offence, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period that is equal to or longer than one year; and
in the case of a second or subsequent offence, be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for a period that is equal to or longer than 2 years.
Any disqualification imposed against any person under subsection (4) takes effect from the date the person is released from prison.
In this section —
“heavy motor vehicle” means —
motor vehicle
“motor vehicle” means a vehicle that —(a)is propelled wholly or partly by a motor or by any means other than human or animal power; and(b)is used or intended to be used on any road;
a goods vehicle the weight of which unladen exceeds 2,500 kilogrammes;
goods vehicle
“goods vehicle” means a motor vehicle constructed or adapted for use for the carriage of goods or a trailer so constructed or adapted;
a motor vehicle which is —
an engineering plant or a mobile crane or is designed and constructed for engineering operations; or
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.
vehicle
“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise;