sign - do not overrtake turning vehicle

It's all here. Google.

Thanks Jack, that was the pdf we had read, good that you had the same as us.
Cheers

It's not compulsory to display a "do not overtake turning vehicle" sign on your car and caravan if it's over 7.5M long - but if you do display it, the sign gives you the right to straddle lanes when turning left at sharp-cornered intersections.

It is compulsory for trucks over 12 tonnes GVM to have the sign.

There are two problems with a long trailer or van. One is, you can run over the kerb (and in consequence, pedestrians standing on the corner!) if you stick completely to the left lane when turning.

Two, a long overhang on a big van or long trailer will swing out when you corner sharply - and will thereby likely come into contact (sideswipe) vehicles parked or travelling in the adjacent (inside) lane.

I once owned a 32' (10M) tri-axle beavertail trailer (which had been built on a 40 foot Viscount 'van, transport chassis). This trailer had a lot of overhang behind the rearmost axle (about 3M).

I hired the trailer to a bloke with a 5 tonne truck and a couple of weeks later I got an official notice stating my trailer had been involved in an accident, and why had I not reported it?

Upon enquiring, it turned out my hirer had swung sharply when turning at an intersection, and the rear end of the trailer had swung out and opened up the side of a car that was stopped in the adjacent lane!

The truckie hadn't noticed and didn't stop, and the car driver reported it as a hit and run!

I threw the ball back into the truckies court and let him deal with it! After all, it was his driving that caused the accident!

Cheers, Ron.

Thanks for that, saw a couple of caravans with the written signage, and had heard that they were being checked over East. For $7 on ebay, probably spend and then not have to worry when we travel.

I drove buses in Perth for a few years and it doesn't matter how many signs you have on the back, or how clear an indication of intent you give, loonies will still try and creep up on the left to get in front of you.
I've been abused many times for straddling and told to stay in one lane by morons in buzz boxes.
I won't bother putting them on the van as I doubt even see them.
AlanH.

If you don't have the signs and someone collides with your when you need to straddle the line when turning, you are at fault. If you have the signs and he just didn't read and heed them, then it is his problem.

I bought two from here.
http://rvtowingsolutions.com.au/products/do-not-overtake-turning-vehicle-sticker-2

arrived in just under a week