AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow

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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 56

56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow

(1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light must stop:

(a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line, or

(b) if there is a stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign, or

(c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights.

: Offence provision.

Note :
"Red traffic light" and
"stop line" are defined in the dictionary.

Example for subrule (1) (b) :

In this example, the driver may go straight ahead, or turn right or left, if there is a green traffic light showing at 1. However, the driver must not go beyond the stop line or stop here on red signal sign at 2, if there is a red traffic light showing on the road the driver is entering (see 3).

(2) A driver approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow must stop:

(a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic arrows--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line, or

(b) if there is a stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows, but no stop line--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign, or

(c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows.

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Red traffic arrow" is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 : This rule only applies to a driver turning left using a slip lane if the red traffic light or red traffic arrow applies to the slip lane--see Part 20, Divisions 2 and 3, especially rules 330 and 345.

Note 3 : Rule 58 deals with when a driver does not have to stop for a red traffic light.

Note 4 : The driver of a tram or a public bus does not have to stop at traffic lights showing a red traffic light if a white T light (for trams) or a white B light (for public buses) is also showing, or a white traffic arrow is showing and the driver is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow--see rules 278 and 285.

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Note for diagrams : There is another permitted version of the stop here on red signal sign--see the diagram in Schedule 3.