Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations(1) A driver must not drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road unless subsection (1A) or (1B) applies to the driver.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(1A) A driver may drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road if the driver is—
(a) overtaking a vehicle that is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and is giving a right change of direction signal; or
(b) driving a slow-moving vehicle, and it is necessary for the driver to drive on or over the edge line to allow the vehicle to be overtaken or passed by another vehicle; or
(c) driving a vehicle that is too wide, or too long, to drive on the road without driving on or over the edge line; or
(d) avoiding an obstruction.
(1B) A driver may drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road for up to 100m if the driver is—
(a) turning at an intersection; or
(b) entering or leaving the road; or
(c) entering a part of the road of 1 kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road, a shoulder of the road or an emergency stopping lane); or
(d) stopping at the side of the road (including any shoulder of the road).
(2) This section does not apply to the rider of a bicycle or animal.
(3) For this section, a driver drives over a continuous white edge line on a road if—
(a) for a line on the far left side of the road—the driver's vehicle is wholly or partly to the left of the line; or
(b) for a line on the far right side of the road—the driver's vehicle is wholly or partly to the right of the line.