Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 146

146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

(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 1 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 1 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 1 marked lane under this regulation; or

(g) passing the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and the driver’s vehicle is not completely in a marked lane in order to comply with section 144A (1) for the passing of the rider; or

(h) lane filtering in compliance with section 151A ; or

Note—

Only the rider of a motorbike may lane filter.

(i) passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(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 1 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

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

(d) the driver is moving from 1 line of traffic to another line of traffic; or

(e) the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or

(f) the driver is passing a bicycle or a personal mobility device that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and the driver’s vehicle is not completely in a single line of traffic in order to comply with section 144A (1) for the passing of the rider; or

(g) the driver is lane filtering in compliance with section 151A ; or

(h) the driver is passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.