AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 57 Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow

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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 57

57 Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow

(1) This rule applies to:

(a) a driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a yellow traffic light, or

(b) a driver approaching or at traffic arrows showing a yellow traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Note :
"Yellow traffic arrow" and
"yellow traffic light" are defined in the dictionary.

(2) The driver must stop:

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

(b) if there is no stop line at or near the traffic lights or arrows and the driver can stop safely before reaching the traffic lights or arrows--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights or arrows, or

(c) if the traffic lights or arrows are at an intersection and the driver cannot stop safely in accordance with paragraph (a) or (b), but can stop safely before entering the intersection--before entering the intersection.

: Offence provision.

Note :
"Enter" ,
"intersection" and
"stop line" are defined in the dictionary.

(3) If the traffic lights or arrows are at an intersection and the driver is not able to stop safely under subrule (2) and enters the intersection, the driver must leave the intersection as soon as the driver can do so safely.

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Intersection" does not include a road-related area--see the definition in the dictionary.

Note 2 : This rule only applies to a driver turning left using a slip lane if the yellow traffic light or yellow 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 at a yellow traffic light.