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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 35
Optional hook turn by a bicycle or personal mobility device rider
35 Optional hook turn by a bicycle or personal mobility device rider
(1) The rider of a bicycle turning right at an intersection without a
hook turn only sign or a no hook turn by bicycles sign, or the rider of a
personal mobility device turning right at an intersection without a hook turn
only sign, may turn right at the intersection by making— (a) a right turn
under division 2 ; or
(b) a hook turn under this section.
(2) The rider must
make a hook turn under this section in accordance with subsection (3) .
Penalty— Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) To make a
"hook turn" under this section, the rider must take, in sequence, each of the
following steps— 1 Approach and enter the intersection from as near as
practicable to the far left side of the road that the rider is leaving.
2
Move forward— (a) keeping as near as practicable to the far left side of the
intersection; and
(b) keeping clear of any marked foot crossing; and
(c)
keeping clear, as far as practicable, of any driver turning left from the left
of the intersection;
until the rider is as near as practicable to the far side
of the road that the rider is entering.
3 If there are traffic lights at the
intersection, remain at the position reached under step 2 until the traffic
lights on the road that the rider is entering change to green.
4 If there are
no traffic lights at the intersection, remain at the position reached under
step 2 until the rider has given way to approaching drivers on the road that
the rider is leaving.
5 Turn right into the road that the rider is entering.
(4) To make a
"hook turn" under this section at an intersection that has a
bicycle hook turn storage area on the left side of the intersection as the
rider approaches the intersection, the rider must take the following initial 2
steps instead of the initial 2 steps listed in subsection (3) — 1 Approach
the intersection from the far left side of the road the rider is leaving and
enter the intersection by moving into the bicycle hook turn storage area,
keeping clear of any marked foot crossing.
2 Move forward in the
bicycle hook turn storage area until the rider is as near as practicable to
the far side of the road that the rider is entering.
Example 1—
Example 2—
(5) In this section—
"bicycle hook turn storage area" — (a) means an area between an intersection
and a marked foot crossing, or if there is no marked foot crossing, a stop
line, before the intersection that has painted on it 1 or more bicycle symbols
and 1 or more right traffic lane arrows; and
(b) includes any line that
delineates the right side of the area, and any line that delineates the left
side of the area that is not also a stop line or part of a marked foot
crossing and excludes any bicycle storage area.
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