Victorian Numbered Regulations

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2009 (SR NO 94 OF 2009) - REG 26

r. 26

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

Notes

1     Roundabout is defined in rule 109.

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.

Notes

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.

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.

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.