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Any additional handling or manoeuvring to get the items in to position that requires specialised equipment, such as a tailgated truck or a truck mounted forklift, is not covered by any free freight offers.

Fundamentally vehicles marked up and owned by the various emergency services are fitted with flashing red/blue warning lights. The right to carry and use those does not extend to the members of those organisations in their private cars. If you want to put a flashing light on your car, particular one of the type you can buy from Repco or the like that look like the sort of light that one would expect on an emergency vehicle, stick with amber.

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For items over 30kg, select Tailgate delivery if no forklift is available for unloading. Tailgate deliveries do not qualify for free metro delivery. Tailgate delivery is to the front door, carport, or closest practical delivery point as deemed by the driver. There must be reasonable vehicle access with height clearance.

Again, using NSW law as my example, a driver is required to slow down when passing an emergency response vehicle displaying a flashing blue or red lights. An emergency response vehicle includes a vehicle ‘being used by … (v) the NSW State Emergency Service’ (Road Rules 2014 (NSW) s 78-1). I would suggest a vehicle is ‘being used by’ the SES when it is an SES vehicle or where there is an incident and the incident controller says to a member – ‘we’re out of vehicles here, you take your team and make your way to this job in your car’.  It is not being used by the SES just because it is being driven by a member of the SES who happens across an accident.

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A person could buy red flashing lights (think bicycle tail lights, or torches sometimes come with red flashing lights) and use them and they are not fitted to nor form part of the vehicle. Using them is not unlawful.  But if you use the lights in the way to create the impression that the vehicle is something it is not then even as a member of the SES I could see issues to do with ‘impersonation’ (see State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 (NSW) s 63B(2)(a)).

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NOTE: Selecting the WRONG answer in regards to tailgate shipping means the carrier may be unable to unload your items and may need to re-deliver it.  The Customer will be liable for any further charges for re-delivery should this occur.  Should you have questions or if you are unsure please contact us first.

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I’m not told what jurisdiction this person is from. If we take the NSW law for example, State Emergency Service vehicles may be fitted with flashing lights (Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2017 (NSW) Sch 2, cl 114(4)(p)), but not vehicles owned by members of the State Emergency Service.

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Tailgate delivery is to the front door, carport, or closest practical delivery point as deemed by the driver. There must be reasonable vehicle access with height clearance.

As a former LEO in Australia, the law is quite clear in all jurisdictions about motor vehicles, other than emergency service vehicles, not being allowed to have anything other than amber flashing lights; note that the law is specific to motor vehicles, as pedal bicycles are permitted to use flashing lights, with no restrictions as to colours used.

I am a member of the state emergency service, if I arrive at the incident in my own private vehicle, am I allowed to display red lights whilst stationary to give the heads up that vehicle is an emergency vehicle? Or would I use amber lights?

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For those who are new to freight, a tailgate truck (also known as a tail-lift truck or hydraulic truck) has a rear platform which can be lowered to the ground for convenience when unloading heavy goods.  This is a requirement for unloading freight over 30kg when a forklift is not available on site to unload the delivery vehicle.  Carriers class this as a specialised delivery service, and charge a premium for tailgate deliveries.