South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations56—Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow
(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 (as the case may be) until the traffic lights
show a green or flashing yellow traffic light or no traffic light.
Offence provision.
Note—
"Red traffic light" and "stop line" are defined in the dictionary.
Example for subrule (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.
Note—
Rule 62 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver turning left at an
intersection after stopping at a left turn on red after stopping sign.
(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 (as the case may be) until the traffic arrows
show a green or flashing yellow traffic arrow or no traffic arrow.
Offence provision.
Note 1—
"Red traffic arrow" is defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
This rule only applies to a driver turning left using a slip lane if the red
traffic light or red traffic arrow applies to the slip lane—see Part 20,
Division 2 and Division 3, especially rules 330 and 345.
Note 3—
Rule 58 deals with when a driver does not have to stop for a red traffic
light.
Note 4—
The driver of a tram or a public bus does not have to stop at traffic lights
showing a red traffic light if a white T light (for trams) or a white B light
(for public buses) is also showing, or a white traffic arrow is showing and
the driver is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow—see
rules 278 and 285.
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Stop here on red signal sign
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Stop here on red arrow sign
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Note for diagrams—
There is another permitted version of the stop here on red signal
sign—see the diagram in Schedule 3.
(3) If there is a
bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to in subrule (1)
or (2), a reference to the stop line in subrule (1)(a)
or (2)(a)—
(a) in
the case of a driver of a motor vehicle, is a reference to the first stop line
that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights;
(b) in
the case of a rider of a bicycle, is a reference to the stop line that is
nearest to the intersection.
Note—
"Bicycle storage area" is defined in the dictionary.
