South Australian Current Regulations

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 26

26—Application of Division to roundabouts, road-related areas and adjacent land

        (1)         This Division does not apply to a driver entering or leaving a roundabout.

Note 1—

"Roundabout" is defined in rule 109.

Note 2—

Part 9 deals with entering and leaving a roundabout.

        (2)         This Division applies to a driver turning left from a road into a road-related area or adjacent land, or from a road-related area into a road, as if the driver were turning left at an intersection.

Note 1—

"Adjacent land" and "intersection" are defined in the dictionary and "road-related area" is defined in rule 13. Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre—see the definitions.

Note 2—

Rule 74 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land, and rule 75 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a road. Rule 212 deals with a driver entering and leaving a median strip parking area.

Note 3—

For the meaning of "left", see rule 351(1).

        (3)         In this rule—

"road" does not include a road-related area.

Note—

A "road-related area" includes the shoulder of a road—see rule 13.