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Definition of Light Rigid
- Light Rigid (LR) – any motor vehicle more than 4.5 tonnes
GVM, but no more than 8 tonnes GVM.
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- Any towed trailer must not weigh more than 9 tonnes GVM.
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- Also includes any vehicle with a GVM of no more than 8 tonnes
which carries more than 12 adults including the driver
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- Also includes vehicles in class C
To upgrade to this licence class you must have held a Class C (not
a learner) for at least one year.
People who want this licence class generally are driving smaller
delivery trucks around town or smaller buses for schools, sporting
groups etc such as Toyota Coasters, Mitsubushi Rosa or Nissan Civillans.
To obtain a NSW heavy vehicle licence you will need to go to a NSW RTA Motor Vehicle Registry, and:
Complete the driver knowledge test at a RoadReady Centre. When passed
you will be issued a learner’s certificate which entitles
you to start learning to drive a Multi Combination vehicle.
After these steps are completed we can then start the training
and assessment process.
All students are taught competencies as set down in the guide book.
This book outlines the minimum standard required, and our standards
exceed this requirement. Students are not only taught to drive a
heavy vehicle, but also skills such as reversing, hill starts, ascending
and descending steep hills, pre operational checks and load restraint.
All our training also involves a large proportion of defensive driver
skills for heavy vehicle drivers.
Canberra Region Truck & Bus School is an accredited
Heavy Vehicle Assessor in the ACT. Your driving test can be conducted
by us, as the ACT Motor Registry no longer conducts licence testing
for Heavy Vehicles.
To practice the ACT driver knowledge test, visit the ACT
Heavy Vehicles Sample Knowledge Test.
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