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ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 (NO 43 OF 2017) - REG 146

Driving within single marked lane or line of traffic

    (1)     A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is—

        (a)     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 or a shoulder of the road); or

        (b)     entering or leaving the road; or

        (c)     moving from 1 marked lane to another marked lane; or

        (d)     avoiding an obstruction; or

        (e)     obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or

        (f)     permitted to drive in more than 1 marked lane under another provision of this regulation.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless—

        (a)     it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or

        (b)     the driver is 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 or a shoulder of the road); or

        (c)     the driver is entering or leaving the road; or

        (d)     the driver is moving from 1 line of traffic to another line of traffic; or

        (e)     the driver is avoiding an obstruction.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.



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