Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A driver must not drive on or over a single continuous line, or 2 parallel continuous lines, along a side of or surrounding a painted island, except as permitted under rule 139(4).
Penalty: In the case of a bicycle, 5 penalty units;
In the case of any other vehicle, 10 penalty units.
Notes
1 Painted island is defined in the dictionary.
2 Rule 139 deals with avoiding obstructions on a road.
Example
Painted island surrounded by 2 parallel continuous lines.
In this example, vehicle B is contravening the rule.
r. 138
(2) A driver may drive on or over a single continuous line along the side of or surrounding a painted island for up to 50 metres—
(a) to enter or leave the road; or
(b) to enter a turning lane that begins immediately after the painted island.
Notes
1 Turning lane is defined in the dictionary.
2 Rule 85 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a turning lane from a painted island and rule 197 deals with stopping on painted islands.
3 Subrule (3) excludes certain painted islands from the application of paragraph (a).
(3) Subrule (2)(a) does not apply in the case of a painted island—
(a) that separates a road that takes vehicles in one direction from another road that takes vehicles in the same direction at a place where the roads merge; or
(b) that separates one part of a road from other parts of the road to create a slip lane.
Note
Slip lane is defined in the dictionary.
Examples
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In these examples, vehicle B is contravening the rule.
