AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 30

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 30

30—Application of Division to certain right turns

        (1)         This Division does not apply to—

            (a)         a driver turning right at an intersection where there is a hook turn only sign; or

            (b)         the rider of a bicycle making a hook turn under Division 3; or

            (c)         a driver making a U-turn; or

            (d)         a driver entering or leaving a roundabout.

Note 1—

"Bicycle", "intersection" and "U-turn" are defined in the dictionary and "roundabout" is defined in rule 109.

Note 2—

Division 3 of this Part deals with hook turns, Division 4 deals with U-turns and Part 9 deals with entering and leaving a roundabout.

Note 3—

For the meaning of "right", see rule 351(2).

        (2)         This Division applies to a driver turning right from a road into a road-related area or adjacent land, or from a road-related area into a road, as if the driver were turning right at an intersection.

Note 1—

"Adjacent land" is defined in the dictionary and "road-related area" is defined in rule 13. Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre—see the definitions.

Note 2—

Rule 74 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land, and rule 75 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a road. Rule 212 deals with a driver entering and leaving a median strip parking area.

        (3)         In this rule—

"road" does not include a road-related area.

Note—

A "road-related area" includes the shoulder of a road—see rule 13.