Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 150

150 Driving on or across a continuous white edge line

(1) A driver must not drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road unless subsection (1A) , (1B) or (1C) applies to the driver.

Penalty—

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; or

(e) passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) .

(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).

(1C) The rider of a motorbike may ride on or over a continuous white edge line on a road if the rider is edge filtering in compliance with section 151B .

(2) This section does not apply to the rider of a bicycle, a personal mobility device or an 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 completely 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 completely or partly to the right of the line.