NSW: Keep an eye out for the green reflectors for a place to stop, rest, and stay safe
Source: Transport for NSW (28.07.2025)
Transport for NSW is marking more informal rest areas with green reflectors to support heavy vehicle drivers identify safe opportunities to stop, park, rest and conduct safety checks on their loads.
Green reflectors mounted on roadside guide posts below the existing red reflector are used as a simple, cost-effective way of assisting heavy vehicle drivers to more easily identify an appropriate informal heavy vehicle stopping opportunity.
These are installed in a vertical 3, 2, 1 pattern progressively leading to the entrance of the site, specifically:
- three reflectors are positioned 400-500 metres out
- two reflectors at 200-250 metres
- a single reflector marks the entrance to the informal rest area.
View the video to learn about green reflector sites in NSW
In order for a green reflector site to be marked it must meet standards for size, sight distance, surface quality, access, environmental factors and surrounding site conditions.
These sites are an important part of the overall rest area network, providing more identifiable, safe rest stopping options for truckies travelling on regional roads. The reflector system is particularly beneficial at night.
This is part of work underway at Transport to improve the quantity and quality of heavy vehicle rest areas in NSW in collaboration with the road freight industry.
For more information please read Transport's Green Reflector Site factsheet or visit transport.nsw.gov.au/hvrsimprovements.
