AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 130
AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 130
130—Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road
(1) This rule applies
to a driver driving on a multi-lane road if—
(a) the
speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is
driving is over 80 kilometres per hour; or
(b) a
keep left unless overtaking sign applies to the length of road where the
driver is driving.
Note 1—
"Length" of road and "multi-lane road" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
Part 3 deals with speed limits.
(2) The driver must
not drive in the right lane unless—
(a) the
driver is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and
is giving a right change of direction signal; or
(b) the
driver is overtaking; or
(c) a
left lane must turn left sign or left traffic lane arrows apply to any other
lane and the driver is not turning left; or
(d) the
driver is required to drive in the right lane under rule 159; or
(e) the
driver is avoiding an obstruction; or
(f) the
traffic in each other lane is congested; or
(g) the
traffic in every lane is congested; or
(h) the
right lane is a special purpose lane in which the driver, under another
provision of the Australian Road Rules , is permitted to drive; or
(i)
there are only 2 marked lanes and the left lane is a slow
vehicle turn out lane.
Offence provision.
Note 1—
"Centre of the road", "left traffic lane arrows", "obstruction", "overtake",
"right change of direction signal", "special purpose lane", "traffic" and
"U-turn" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
Rule 159 deals with traffic signs that require a particular kind of vehicle to
drive in the marked lane indicated by the signs.
Note 3—
Rule 329 deals with when a traffic control device applies to a marked lane.
(3) A keep left unless
overtaking sign on a multi-lane road applies to the length of road beginning
at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following:
(a) an
end keep left unless overtaking sign on the road;
(b) a
traffic sign or road marking on the road that indicates that the road is no
longer a multi-lane road;
(c) if
the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.
Note—
"Road marking", "T-intersection" and "traffic sign are defined in the
dictionary.
"lane", for a driver, means a marked lane for vehicles travelling in the same
direction as the driver, but does not include a special purpose lane in which
the driver is not permitted to drive.
Note 1—
"Marked lane" and "special purpose lane" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
Rule 95 deals with driving in emergency stopping lanes, and Division 6 of this
Part deals with driving in other special purpose lanes.
"slow vehicle turn out lane" means a marked lane, or the part of a marked
lane, to which a slow vehicle turn out lane sign applies.
Note—
A slow vehicle turn out lane is designed for slow-moving vehicles to move into
to allow faster vehicles to pass in an adjacent marked lane.
Keep left unless overtaking sign |
End keep left unless overtaking sign |
Slow vehicle turn out lane sign |
Note for diagrams—
There is another permitted version of the End keep left unless overtaking
sign—see the diagram in Schedule 3.