Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) Subject to
subregulation (1b) of this regulation, a driver who is about to make a
right turn at an intersection shall —
(a)
where he is travelling on a two-way carriageway, approach and enter the
intersection so that his vehicle is to the left of, parallel with, and as near
as practicable to, the centre of the carriageway; and
(b)
where he is travelling on a one-way carriageway approach and enter the
intersection so that his vehicle is parallel with, and as near as practicable
to, the right boundary of the carriageway.
(1a) Subject to
subregulation (1b) of this regulation, a driver who is about to make a
right turn to enter land abutting a carriageway shall —
(a)
where he is travelling on a two-way carriageway, approach the point at which
the turn is to be made so that his vehicle is to the left of, parallel with,
and as near as practicable to, the centre of the carriageway;
(b)
where he is travelling on a one-way carriageway, approach the point at which
the turn is to be made so that his vehicle is parallel with and as near as
practicable to, the right boundary of the carriageway.
(1b)
Subregulations (1) and (1a) of this regulation do not apply where a
vehicle is in a marked lane that has a sign alongside or over it or markings
on its surface indicating that a right turn shall, or may be, made by vehicles
in that lane.
(2) A driver making a
right turn at an intersection shall make the turn so that, wherever
practicable, his vehicle passes to his right of the centre of the
intersection, and so that —
(a)
where the carriageway being entered is a two-way carriageway, his vehicle
enters it to his left of the centre of the carriageway; and
(b)
where the carriageway being entered is a one-way carriageway, his vehicle
enters it as nearly as practicable to the boundary of the carriageway on his
right.
(3) For the purposes
of subregulation (2) of this regulation, a vehicle is deemed to enter a
carriageway at the point where the front of the vehicle crosses the
prolongation of the edge of the carriageway it is leaving.
(4) Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions of this regulation, a driver who is about to make, or
is making, a right turn at an intersection —
(a)
where markers, marks or signs are so placed as to indicate that a different
course from that specified in this regulation is to be travelled, shall not
turn his vehicle at the intersection otherwise than as indicated by the
markers, marks or signs; and
(b)
where a member of the Police Force is controlling or directing traffic, shall
make the turn before reaching the middle of the road into which he is turning
by passing either to the front, or to the rear of, the member of the Police
Force, as he may be directed.
[Regulation 802 amended in Gazette
15 August 1975 p.2967; 2 February 1982 p.399.]