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Department of Transport and Main Roads

Placing and replacing wheelchair safety stickers

Place the following 2 wheelchair safety stickers inside your vehicle:

  • Loading a wheelchair
  • Securing a wheelchair.

Display them in the specific locations shown on this page, and replace them if they get damaged or lost.

How to get the stickers

If you need new or replacement stickers, you can download the wheelchair safety artwork files and print them on sticky paper.

We recommend making both stickers A5 (148mm x 210mm) in the landscape orientation. They will fit on one A4 piece of paper.

Where to place each sticker

Loading a wheelchair – reminders

The sticker looks like this:

The 7 steps to safely load a passenger in a wheelchair are 1 - park on level ground 2 - ask the passenger if they’ll operate their own wheelchair 3 - move the wheelchair onto the hoist, turn it off and apply the brakes 4 - lock the hoist’s safety flap into place 5 - make dure there is a space for the footplates and carefully raise the hoist 6 - watch the hoist, keep a hand on the wheelchair and stay focussed, 7 - ensure the wheelchair is facing forward and move it into the vehicle.

 

Place this sticker in the bottom right quadrant of the rear back window on the interior right-hand side of the vehicle. In this position, both driver and passenger easily see it when the passenger is being loaded.

View of the inside a wheelchair taxi from the back door and showing a sticker placed on the bottom right quadrant of the rear back window on the interior right-hand side of the vehicle.
Where to place the Loading a wheelchair sticker

Securing a wheelchair – reminders

The sticker looks like this:

The 4 steps to secure a wheelchair: 1 - attach straps to the four tie-down points on floor and wheelchair. 2 - Tighten straps and check that the wheelchair doesn’t move. 3 - Check the passenger is strapped in with the lap belt and ask them if they need help. If there is a shoulder belt it must be used too. 4 - Confirm the passenger is comfortable and feels safe.

Place this sticker on the bottom left quadrant of the front right-hand side window in the passenger bay. In this position, the driver and passenger can see it when the passenger is being secured.

View from the back door of a wheelchair taxi showing a sticker placed on the bottom left quadrant of the front right-hand side window in the passenger bay.
Where to place the Securing a wheelchair sticker
Last updated
23 January 2026