Victorian Numbered Regulations

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2009 (SR NO 94 OF 2009) - REG 146

    (1)     A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is—

        (a)     entering a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road or a shoulder of the road); or

        (b)     entering or leaving the road; or

        (c)     moving from one marked lane to another marked lane; or

        (d)     avoiding an obstruction; or

        (e)     obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or

        (f)     permitted to drive in more than one marked lane under another provision of these Rules.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

Notes

1     "Driver's vehicle", marked lane , "multi-lane road", obstruction , service road and traffic control device are defined in the dictionary, shoulder is defined in rule 12, and emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.

2     A driver is generally not permitted to move from one marked lane to another marked lane across a continuous line separating the lanes—see rule 147.

3     Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one marked lane to another marked lane.

4     An overhead lane control device may require a driver to leave a marked lane—see rule 152.

5     Drivers of certain long vehicles are permitted to use 2 marked lanes when turning at an intersection—see rule 28 (left turns) and rule 32 (right turns).

    (2)     A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless—

        (a)     it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or

        (b)     the driver is entering a part of the road of one 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

        (c)     the driver is entering or leaving the road; or

        (d)     the driver is moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic; or

        (e)     the driver is avoiding an obstruction.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

Note

Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic.