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Old 04-12-2019, 04:15 AM   #1
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Default What does this sign mean - "Vehicles over 2 tonnes do not enter side tracks" ?

On St. Kilda Road, in Melbourne, there's a sign that says "Vehicles over 2 tonnes gross weight DO NOT ENTER SIDE TRACKS". See here:

https://goo.gl/maps/JKoHNEB4ZxTcEnmp8

I don't understand this at all. Firstly, what are "side tracks", and secondly, vehicles over 2 tonnes gross (or 2000kg) basically describes about 1/2 of the vehicles on the roads these days. Maybe when that sign was first erected (it looks like it's from the 60s/70s era), there were almost no vehicles of that weight, but these days, pretty much all dual-cab utes and large 4WDs weigh that much. "Gross" weight refers to the weight including passengers on board, remember, so even a Commodore with 4-5 people on board will be over 2000kg.

Can someone explain this?

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