ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 138 Keeping off a painted island

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 138

138 Keeping off a painted island

(1) A driver must not drive on or over a single continuous line, or 2 parallel continuous lines, along a side of or surrounding a painted island, except as permitted under this rule or rule 139(4).

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note 1 :
"Painted island" is defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : Rule 139 deals with avoiding obstructions on a road.

Example :

In this example, vehicle B is contravening the rule.

(2) A driver may drive on or over a single continuous line along the side of or surrounding a painted island for up to 50 metres--

(a) to enter or leave the road, or

(b) to enter a turning lane that begins immediately after the painted island, or

(c) to enter 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 emergency stopping lane), or

(d) to park in angle parking on the opposite side of the road provided that the driver does not need to perform a U-turn to reach the parking area.

Note 1 :
"Angle parking" ,
"parking area" ,
"service road" ,
"turning lane" and
"U-turn" are defined in the Dictionary and
"emergency stopping lane" is defined in rule 95.

Note 2 : Rule 85 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a turning lane from a painted island and rule 197 deals with stopping on painted islands.

Note 3 : Subrule (3) excludes certain painted islands from the application of paragraph (a).

(3) Subrule (2)(a) does not apply in the case of a painted island--

(a) that separates a road that takes vehicles in one direction from another road that takes vehicles in the same direction at a place where the roads merge, or

(b) that separates one part of a road from other parts of the road to create a slip lane.

Note :
"Slip lane" is defined in the Dictionary.

Examples :

In these examples, vehicle B is contravening the rule.