ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 132
Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line
ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 132
Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line
132 Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line
(1) A
driver on a two-way road without a dividing line or median strip must drive to
the left of the centre of the road , except as permitted under rule 133 or
139 (1). : Maximum penalty --20 penalty units. Note 1 :
"Centre of the road" ,
"dividing line" ,
"median strip" and
"two-way road" are defined in the Dictionary. Note 2 : For the meaning of
driving to the
"left" of something, see rule 351(3). Note 3 : Rule 133 deals with driving to
the right of the centre of the road to overtake another vehicle , to enter or
leave a road , to move from one part of the road to another, or because of the
width or condition of the road . Rule 139(1) deals with driving to the right of
the centre of the road to avoid an obstruction . (2) A driver on a road with a
dividing line must drive to the left of the dividing line , except as permitted
under rule 134 or 139 (2). : Maximum penalty --20 penalty units. Note :
Rule 134 deals with driving to the right of the dividing line to overtake
another vehicle , to enter or leave a road , or to move from one part of the
road to another. Rule 139(2) deals with driving to the right of the
dividing line to avoid an obstruction .
The effect of this subrule, in relation to continuous dividing lines , is as
follows-- (a) in the case of a dividing line that is only a single continuous
dividing line , or that is a broken dividing line to the right of a single
continuous dividing line , a driver may only drive to the right of such a line
in the circumstances set out in rules 134(3) and 139 (2), as supplemented by
rule 139(3) , (b) in the case of a dividing line that is a single continuous
dividing line to the right of a broken dividing line , a driver may only drive
to the right of such a line in the circumstances set out in rules 134(2) ,
134 (3) and 139 (2), (c) in the case of a dividing line that is 2 parallel
continuous dividing lines , a driver may only drive to the right of such a line
in the circumstances set out in rule 139(2) , as supplemented by rule 139(3).
(2A) A driver on a road with a single continuous dividing line , a single
continuous dividing line to the left of a broken dividing line or 2 parallel
continuous dividing lines must not drive across the dividing lines to perform
a U-turn . : Maximum penalty --20 penalty units. : (3) This rule, and rules 133 , 134 and 139 (1) and (2), apply to a service road
to which a two-way sign applies as if it were a separate road , but do not
apply to any other service road . Note 1 :
"Service road" is defined in the Dictionary. Note 2 : Rule 136 deals with
driving on a service road without a two-way sign. (4) In this rule--
"road" does not include a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path, separated
footpath or shared path. Note :
"Footpath" and
"nature strip" are defined in the Dictionary,
"bicycle path" and
"separated footpath" are defined in rule 239 and
"shared path" is defined in rule 242. : Note for diagram : There is another permitted version of the two-way sign
--see the diagram in Schedule 3. Examples for subrule (2) :
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