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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 97 Road access signs

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 97

Road access signs

97 Road access signs

(1) A driver must not drive on a length of road to which a road access sign applies if information on or with the sign indicates that the driver or the driver's vehicle is not permitted beyond the sign.
: Offence provision.
Note :
"Driver's vehicle" ,
"length" of road and
"with" are defined in the dictionary.
(2) A road access sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign (including any road into which the length of road merges) and ending:
(a) if the sign is on a freeway--at an end freeway sign or end road access sign on the road, or
(b) if the sign is not on a freeway--at the nearer of the following:
(i) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end--the end of the road,
(ii) an end road access sign on the road.
Example : A road access sign on an access ramp to a freeway applies to the access ramp and the freeway into which the access ramp merges.
Note 1 :
"Freeway" is defined in rule 177, and
"road marking" ,
"T-intersection" and
"traffic sign" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2 : Rule 229 applies the road access sign to pedestrians.
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Note 1 for diagrams : There are a number of other permitted versions of the road access sign and the end freeway sign--see the diagrams in Schedule 3.
Note 2 for diagrams : A road access sign may indicate that it applies to different or additional vehicles or persons--see rule 316 (4).