Australian Capital Territory Current Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 - REG 56

    (1)     A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light must stop—

        (a)     if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line; or

        (b)     if there is a stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or

        (c)     if there is no stop line or stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights;

and must not proceed past the stop line, stop here on red signal sign or nearest or only traffic lights until the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow traffic light or no traffic light.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Example—s (1) (b)

Stopping at a stop here on red signal sign on a road the driver is entering

In this example the driver may go straight ahead, or turn right or left, if there is a green traffic light showing at 1. However, the driver must not go beyond the stop here on red signal sign at 2 if there is a red traffic light showing on the road the driver is entering (see 2 and 3).

    (1A)     However, if the traffic lights are at an intersection with a left turn on red after stopping sign and the driver is turning left at the intersection, the driver may turn left after stopping.

    (2)     A driver approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow must stop—

        (a)     if there is a stop line at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line; or

        (b)     if there is a stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or

        (c)     if there is no stop line or stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows;

and must not proceed past the stop line, stop here on red arrow sign or nearest or only traffic arrows until the traffic arrows show a green or flashing yellow traffic arrow or no traffic arrow.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (3)     If there is a bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to in subsection (1) or (2), a reference to the stop line in subsection (1) (a) or (2) (a)—

        (a)     in the case of the driver of a motor vehicle—is a reference to the first stop line that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights; or

        (b)     in the case of the rider of a bicycle—is a reference to the stop line that is nearest to the intersection.