Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
- (S.R. 1999, NO. 131)
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Introductory Division 1 - Road Rules
1. 1. Short title
2. 2. Commencement
3. 3. Object of the Road Rules
Division 2 - Some features of the Road Rules
4. 4. Definitions: the dictionary, &c.
5. 5. Diagrams
6. 6. Examples
7. 7. Headings
8. 8. Notes
9. 9. Reader’s Guide
10. 10. Offences
PART 2 - Application of the Road Rules Division 1 - Roads and
road-related areas
11. 11. Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and
road-related areas
12. 12. What is a road
13. 13. What is a road-related area
Division 2 - Road users and vehicles
14. 14. Road users
15. 15. What is a vehicle
16. 16. Who is a driver
17. 17. Who is a rider
18. 18. Who is a pedestrian
19. 19. References to driver includes rider, &c.
PART 3 - Speed-limits
20. 20. Obeying the speed-limit
21. 21. Speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies
22. 22. Speed-limit in a speed-limited area
23. 23. Speed-limit in a school zone
24. 24. Speed-limit in a shared zone
25. 25. Speed-limit elsewhere
PART 4 - Making turns Division 1 - Left turns at intersections
26. 26. Division does not apply to certain turns
27. 27. Starting a left turn from a road (except a multi-lane road)
28. 28. Starting a left turn from a multi-lane road
29. 29. Making a left turn as indicated by a road marking
Division 2 - Right turns (except hook turns) at intersections
30. 30. Division does not apply to certain turns
31. 31. Starting a right turn from a road (except a multi-lane
road)
32. 32. Starting a right turn from a multi-lane road
33. 33. Making a right turn
Division 3 - Hook turns at intersections
34. 34. Making a hook turn at a hook turn only sign
35. 35. Optional hook turn by a bicycle rider
36. 36. Bicycle rider making a hook turn contrary to no hook turn
by bicycles sign
Division 4 - U-turns Division 4
37. 37. Beginning a U-turn
38. 38. Giving way when making a U-turn
39. 39. Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign
40. 40. Making a U-turn at an intersection with traffic lights
41. 41. Making a U-turn at an intersection without traffic lights
42. 42. Starting a U-turn at an intersection
Division 5 - Turns into or from road-related areas or adjacent land
43. 43. Starting and making turns
PART 5 - Change of direction and stop signals Division 1 - Change
of direction signals
44. 44. Division does not apply to entering or leaving a roundabout
45. 45. What is changing direction
46. 46. Giving a left change of direction signal
47. 47. How to give a left change of direction signal
48. 48. Giving a right change of direction signal
49. 49. How to give a right change of direction signal
50. 50. How to give a right change of direction signal by giving a
hand signal
51. 51. When use of direction indicator lights permitted
Division 2 - Stop signals
52. 52. Division does not apply to bicycle riders or certain tram
drivers
53. 53. Giving a stop signal
54. 54. How to give a stop signal
55. 55. How to give a stop signal by giving a hand signal
PART 6 - Traffic lights and twin red lights Division 1 - Obeying
traffic lights Division 1 Division 1 Division 1
56. 56. Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow
57. 57. Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow
58. 58. Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light
59. 59. Proceeding through a red traffic light
60. 60. Proceeding through a red traffic arrow
61. 61. Proceeding when traffic lights or arrows at an intersection
change to yellow or red
Division 2 - Giving way at traffic lights Division 2
62. 62. Giving way when turning at an intersection with traffic
lights
63. 63. Giving way at an intersection with traffic lights not
operating or only partly operating
64. 64. Giving way at a flashing yellow traffic arrow at an
intersection
65. 65. Giving way at a marked foot crossing (except at an
intersection) with a flashing yellow traffic light
Division 3 - Twin red lights (except at level crossings)
66. 66. Stopping for twin red lights (except at level crossings)
PART 7 - Giving way Division 1 - Giving way at a stop sign, stop
line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver
Division 1
67. 67. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at an
intersection without traffic lights
68. 68. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at
other places
69. 69. Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at an
intersection (except a roundabout)
70. 70. Giving way at a give way sign at a bridge or length of
narrow road
71. 71. Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at other
places
Division 2 - Giving way at an intersection without traffic lights
or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line
applying to the driver Division 2
72. 72. Giving way at an intersection (except a T-intersection or
roundabout)
73. 73. Giving way at a T-intersection
Division 3 - Entering or leaving road-related areas and adjacent
land
74. 74. Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or
adjacent land
75. 75. Giving way when entering a road-related area or adjacent
land from a road
Division 4 - Keeping clear of and giving way to particular vehicles
76. 76. Keeping clear of trams travelling in tram lanes, &c.
77. 77. Giving way to buses
78. 78. Keeping clear of police and emergency vehicles
79. 79. Giving way to police and emergency vehicles
Division 5 - Crossings and shared zones
80. 80. Stopping at a children’s crossing
81. 81. Giving way at a pedestrian crossing
82. 82. Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children’s crossing
or pedestrian crossing
83. 83. Giving way to pedestrians in a shared zone
Division 6 - Other give way rules
84. 84. Giving way when driving through a break in a dividing strip
85. 85. Giving way on a painted island
86. 86. Giving way in median turning bays
87. 87. Giving way when moving from a side or shoulder of the road
or a median strip parking area
PART 8 - Traffic signs and road markings Division 1 - Traffic
signs and road markings at intersections Division 1
88. 88. Left turn signs
89. 89. Right turn signs
90. 90. No turns signs
91. 91. No left turn and no right turn signs
92. 92. Traffic lane arrows
Division 2 - Traffic signs and road markings generally
93. 93. No overtaking or passing signs
94. 94. No overtaking on bridge signs
95. 95. Emergency stopping lane only signs
96. 96. Keep clear markings
97. 97. Road access signs
98. 98. One-way signs
99. 99. Keep left and keep right signs
100. 100. No entry signs
101. 101. Hand-held stop signs
Division 3 - Signs for trucks, buses and other large vehicles
102. 102. Clearance and low clearance signs
103. 103. Load limit signs
104. 104. No trucks signs
105. 105. Trucks must enter signs
106. 106. No buses signs
107. 107. Buses must enter signs
108. 108. Trucks and buses low gear signs
PART 9 - Roundabouts
109. 109. What is a roundabout
110. 110. Meaning of halfway around a roundabout
111. 111. Entering a roundabout from a multi-lane road or a road
with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction
112. 112. Giving a left change of direction signal when entering a
roundabout
113. 113. Giving a right change of direction signal when entering a
roundabout
114. 114. Giving way when entering or driving in a roundabout
115. 115. Driving in a roundabout to the left of the central traffic
island
116. 116. Obeying traffic lane arrows when driving in or leaving a
roundabout
117. 117. Giving a change of direction signal when changing marked
lanes or lines of traffic in a roundabout
118. 118. Giving a left change of direction signal when leaving a
roundabout
119. 119. Giving way by the rider of a bicycle or animal to a
vehicle leaving a roundabout
PART 10 - Level crossings
120. 120. What is a level crossing
121. 121. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign at a level
crossing
122. 122. Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at a
level crossing
123. 123. Entering a level crossing when a train or tram is
approaching, &c.
124. 124. Leaving a level crossing
PART 11 - Keeping left, overtaking and other driving rules Division
1 - General
125. 125. Unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians
126. 126. Keeping a safe distance behind vehicles
127. 127. Keeping a minimum distance between long vehicles
128. 128. Entering blocked intersections
128A. 128A. Entering blocked crossings
Division 2 - Keeping to the left
129. 129. Keeping to the far left side of a road
130. 130. Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road
131. 131. Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles
132. 132. Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the
dividing line
133. 133. Exceptions to keeping to the left of the centre of a road
134. 134. Exceptions to keeping to the left of a dividing line
135. 135. Keeping to the left of a median strip
136. 136. Driving on a one-way service road
137. 137. Keeping off a dividing strip
138. 138. Keeping off a painted island
139. 139. Exceptions for avoiding obstructions on a road
Division 3 - Overtaking
140. 140. No overtaking unless safe to do so
141. 141. No overtaking, &c., to the left of a vehicle
142. 142. No overtaking to the right of a vehicle turning right,
&c.
143. 143. Passing or overtaking a vehicle displaying a do not
overtake turning vehicle sign
144. 144. Keeping a safe distance when overtaking
145. 145. Driver being overtaken not to increase speed
Division 4 - Driving in marked lanes or lines of traffic
146. 146. Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic
147. 147. Moving from one marked lane to another marked lane across
a continuous line separating the lanes
148. 148. Giving way when moving from one marked lane or line of
traffic to another marked lane or line of traffic
149. 149. Giving way when lines of traffic merge into a single line
of traffic
150. 150. Driving on or across a continuous white edge line
151. 151. Riding a motor bike or bicycle alongside more than one
other rider
Division 5 - Obeying overhead lane control devices applying to
marked lanes
152. 152. Complying with overhead lane control devices
Division 6 - Driving in marked lanes designated for special purposes
153. 153. Bicycle lanes
154. 154. Bus lanes
155. 155. Tram lanes
156. 156. Transit lanes
157. 157. Truck lanes
158. 158. Exceptions to driving in special purpose lanes, &c.
159. 159. Marked lanes required to be used by particular kinds of
vehicles
Division 7 - Passing trams and safety zones Division 7
160. 160. Passing or overtaking a tram that is not at or near the
left side of a road
161. 161. Passing or overtaking a tram at or near the left side of
a road
162. 162. Driving past a safety zone
163. 163. Driving past the rear of a stopped tram at a tram stop
164. 164. Stopping beside a stopped tram at a tram stop
PART 12 - Restrictions on stopping and parking Division 1 - General
Division 1 Division 1
165. 165. Stopping in an emergency, &c., or to comply with
another rule
166. 166. Application of Part to bicycles
Division 2 - No stopping and no parking signs and road marking
Division 2 Division 2
167. 167. No stopping signs
168. 168. No parking signs
169. 169. No stopping on a road with a yellow edge line
Division 3 - Stopping at intersections and crossings Division 3
Division 3
170. 170. Stopping in or near an intersection
171. 171. Stopping on or near a children’s crossing
172. 172. Stopping on or near a pedestrian crossing (except at an
intersection)
173. 173. Stopping on or near a marked foot crossing (except at an
intersection)
174. 174. Stopping at or near bicycle crossing lights (except at an
intersection)
175. 175. Stopping on or near a level crossing
Division 4 - Stopping on clearways and freeways and in emergency
stopping lanes Division 4 Division 4
176. 176. Stopping on a clearway
177. 177. Stopping on a freeway
178. 178. Stopping in an emergency stopping lane
Division 5 - Stopping in zones for particular vehicles Division 5
Division 5 Division 5
179. 179. Stopping in a loading zone
180. 180. Stopping in a truck zone
181. 181. Stopping in a works zone
182. 182. Stopping in a taxi zone
183. 183. Stopping in a bus zone
184. 184. Stopping in a minibus zone
185. 185. Stopping in a permit zone
186. 186. Stopping in a mail zone
Division 6 - Other places where stopping is restricted Division 6
Division 6
187. 187. Stopping in a bicycle lane, bus lane, tram lane, transit
lane, truck lane or on tram tracks
188. 188. Stopping in a shared zone
189. 189. Double parking
190. 190. Stopping in or near a safety zone
191. 191. Stopping near an obstruction
192. 192. Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, &c.
193. 193. Stopping on a crest or curve outside a built-up area
194. 194. Stopping near a fire hydrant, &c.
195. 195. Stopping at or near a bus stop
196. 196. Stopping at or near a tram stop
197. 197. Stopping on a path, dividing strip or nature strip
198. 198. Obstructing access to and from a footpath, driveway, &c.
199. 199. Stopping near a postbox
200. 200. Stopping on roads: heavy and long vehicles
201. 201. Stopping on a road with bicycle parking sign
202. 202. Stopping on a road with motor bike parking sign
203. 203. Stopping in a parking area for people with disabilities
203A. 203A. Stopping in a slip lane
Division 7 - Permissive parking signs and parking fees Division 7
Division 7
204. 204. Meaning of certain information on or with permissive parking
signs
205. 205. Parking for longer than indicated
206. 206. Time extension for people with disabilities
207. 207. Parking where fees are payable
Division 8 - Parallel parking Division 8 Division 8
208. 208. Parallel parking on a road (except in a median strip
parking area)
209. 209. Parallel parking in a median strip parking area
Division 9 - Angle parking Division 9 Division 9
210. 210. Angle parking
Division 10 - Other parking related rules Division 10 Division 10
211. 211. Parking in parking bays
212. 212. Entering and leaving a median strip parking area
213. 213. Making a motor vehicle secure
PART 13 - Lights and warning devices Division 1 - Lights on
vehicles (except bicycles, animals and animal-drawn vehicles)
214. 214. Division does not apply to riders of bicycles, animals or
animal-drawn vehicles
215. 215. Using lights when driving at night or in hazardous weather
conditions
216. 216. Towing a vehicle at night or in hazardous weather
conditions
217. 217. Using rear fog lights
218. 218. Using headlights on high-beam
219. 219. Lights not to be used to dazzle other road users
220. 220. Using lights on vehicles that are stopped
221. 221. Using hazard warning lights
222. 222. Using warning lights on buses carrying children
Division 2 - Lights on animal-drawn vehicles
223. 223. Using lights when riding an animal-drawn vehicle at night
or in hazardous weather conditions
Division 3 - Horns and radar detectors
224. 224. Using horns and similar warning devices
225. 225. Using radar detectors and similar devices
Division 4 - Portable warning triangles for heavy vehicles
226. 226. Heavy vehicles to be equipped with portable warning
triangles
227. 227. Using portable warning triangles
PART 14 - Rules for pedestrians Division 1 - General Division 1
Division 1
228. 228. No pedestrians signs
229. 229. Pedestrians on a road with a road access sign
230. 230. Crossing a road: general
231. 231. Crossing a road at pedestrian lights
232. 232. Crossing a road at traffic lights
233. 233. Crossing a road to or from a tram
234. 234. Crossing a road on or near a crossing for pedestrians
235. 235. Crossing a level crossing
236. 236. Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction
237. 237. Getting on or into a moving vehicle
238. 238. Pedestrians travelling along a road (except in or on a
wheeled recreational device or toy)
239. 239. Pedestrians on a bicycle path or separated footpath
Division 2 - Rules for persons travelling in or on wheeled
recreational devices and wheeled toys Division 2 Division 2
240. 240. Wheeled recreational devices and toys not to be used on
certain roads
241. 241. Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy
on a road
242. 242. Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy
on a footpath or shared path
243. 243. Travelling on rollerblades, &c., on a bicycle path or
separated footpath
244. 244. Wheeled recreational devices or wheeled toys being towed,
&c.
PART 15 - Additional rules for bicycle riders
245. 245. Riding a bicycle
246. 246. Carrying people on a bicycle
247. 247. Riding in a bicycle lane on a road
248. 248. No riding across a road on a crossing
249. 249. Riding on a separated footpath
250. 250. Riding on a footpath or shared path
251. 251. Riding to the left of oncoming bicycle riders on a path
252. 252. No bicycles signs and markings
253. 253. Bicycle riders not to cause a traffic hazard
254. 254. Bicycles being towed, &c.
255. 255. Riding too close to the rear of a motor vehicle
256. 256. Bicycle helmets
257. 257. Riding with a person on a bicycle trailer
258. 258. Equipment on a bicycle
259. 259. Riding at night
260. 260. Stopping for a red bicycle crossing light
261. 261. Stopping for a yellow bicycle crossing light
262. 262. Proceeding when bicycle crossing lights change to yellow or
red
PART 16 - Rules for persons travelling in or on vehicles
263. 263. Application of Part to persons in or on trams
264. 264. Wearing of seatbelts by drivers
265. 265. Wearing of seatbelts by passengers 16 years old, or older
266. 266. Wearing of seatbelts by passengers under 16 years old
267. 267. Exemptions from wearing seatbelts
268. 268. How persons must travel in or on a motor vehicle
269. 269. Opening doors and getting out of a vehicle, &c.
270. 270. Wearing motor bike helmets
271. 271. Riding on motor bikes
272. 272. Interfering with the driver’s control of the vehicle,
&c.
PART 17 - Additional rules for drivers of trams and public buses
Division 1 - Trams Division 1
273. 273. Division also applies to public buses travelling along tram
tracks
274. 274. Stopping for a red T light
275. 275. Stopping for a yellow T light
276. 276. Exception to stopping for a red or yellow T light
277. 277. Proceeding after stopping for a red or yellow T light
278. 278. Proceeding when a red traffic light and a white T light
or white traffic arrow is showing
279. 279. Proceeding when a white T light or white traffic arrow
is no longer showing
Division 2 - Public buses Division 2
280. 280. Division does not apply to public buses travelling along
tram tracks
281. 281. Stopping for a red B light
282. 282. Stopping for a yellow B light
283. 283. Exception to stopping for a red or yellow B light
284. 284. Proceeding after stopping for a red or yellow B light
285. 285. Proceeding when a red traffic light and a white
B light or white traffic arrow is showing
286. 286. Proceeding when a white B light or white traffic arrow
is no longer showing
PART 18 - Miscellaneous road rules Division 1 - Miscellaneous rules
for drivers
287. 287. Duties of a driver involved in a crash
288. 288. Driving on a path
289. 289. Driving on a nature strip
290. 290. Driving on a traffic island
291. 291. Making unnecessary noise or smoke
292. 292. Insecure or overhanging load
293. 293. Removing fallen, &c., things from the road
294. 294. Keeping control of a vehicle being towed
295. 295. Motor vehicle towing another vehicle with a towline
296. 296. Driving a vehicle in reverse
297. 297. Driver to have proper control of a vehicle, &c.
298. 298. Driving with a person in a trailer
299. 299. Television receivers and visual display units in motor
vehicles
300. 300. Use of hand-held mobile phones
Division 2 - Rules for people in charge of animals
301. 301. Leading an animal while driving a vehicle
302. 302. Rider of an animal on a footpath or nature strip to give
way to pedestrians
303. 303. Riding an animal alongside more than one other rider
Division 3 - Obeying directions
304. 304. Direction by a police officer or authorised person
PART 19 - Exemptions
305. 305. Exemption for drivers of police vehicles
306. 306. Exemption for drivers of emergency vehicles
307. 307. Stopping and parking exemption for police and emergency
vehicles and authorised persons
308. 308. Exemption for police officers and emergency workers on foot
309. 309. Exemption for drivers of trams, &c.
310. 310. Exemption for road workers, &c.
311. 311. Exemption for oversize vehicles
312. 312. Exemption for tow truck drivers
313. 313. Exemption for postal vehicles
313A. 313A. Exemption for garbage truck drivers, &c.
PART 20 - Traffic control devices and traffic-related items Division
1 - General Division 1
314. 314. Diagrams of traffic control devices, traffic-related items
and symbols
315. 315. Legal effect of traffic control devices mentioned in the
Road Rules
316. 316. When do traffic control devices comply substantially with
the Road Rules
317. 317. Information on or with traffic control devices
318. 318. Limited effect of certain traffic control devices
319. 319. Legal effect of traffic-related items mentioned in the Road
Rules
320. 320. When do traffic-related items comply substantially with the
Road Rules
321. 321. Meaning of information on or with traffic control devices
and traffic-related items
322. 322. References to traffic control devices and traffic-related
items on a road, &c.
323. 323. References to lights that are traffic signals
Division 2 - Application of traffic control devices to lengths of
roads and areas Division 2
324. 324. Purpose of Division
325. 325. References to traffic control devices: application to lengths
of road and areas
326. 326. When do traffic control devices apply to a length of road
or area: the basic rules
327. 327. Length of road to which a traffic sign (except a parking
control sign) applies
328. 328. References to a traffic control device applying to a length
of road
329. 329. Traffic control devices applying to a marked lane
330. 330. Traffic control devices applying to a slip lane
331. 331. Traffic control devices applying to an intersection
332. 332. Parking control signs applying to a length of road
333. 333. Parking control signs applying to a length of road in an
area to which another parking control sign applies, &c.
334. 334. How parking control signs apply to a length of road
335. 335. Traffic control devices applying to an area
336. 336. How separated footpath signs and separated footpath road
markings apply
Division 3 - Application of traffic control devices to persons
Division 3
337. 337. Purpose of Division
338. 338. References to traffic control devices: application to persons
339. 339. When do traffic control devices apply to a person: the
basic rules
340. 340. Traffic control devices (except road markings and parking
control signs)
341. 341. Road markings
342. 342. Traffic signs (except parking control signs) applying to a
length of road
343. 343. Traffic signs (except parking control signs) applying to an
area
344. 344. Traffic control devices applying to a driver in a marked
lane
345. 345. Traffic control devices applying to a driver in a slip
lane
346. 346. Parking control signs
PART 21 - General
347. 347. Meaning of abbreviations and symbols
348. 348. References to a driver doing something, &c.
349. 349. References to certain kinds of roads
350. 350. References to stopping or parking on a length of road,
&c.
351. 351. References to left and right
PART 22 - Local Road Rules Division 1 - Powers of police officers
and authorised persons
352. 352. Direction by police officer or authorised person in
connection with offences
353. 353. Portable traffic signs
354. 354. Seizure of detection devices
355. 355. Seizure of vehicles
356. 356. Disposal of seized vehicles
Division 2 - Hazardous actions
357. 357. Hazardous lights and reflectors
358. 358. Obscuring traffic control devices
359. 359. Tampering with traffic control devices
360. 360. Unlawful road markings
361. 361. Use of loudspeakers on or from vehicles
Division 3 - Livestock, &c., on roads
362. 362. Stopping for livestock
363. 363. Leading livestock on road during daylight
364. 364. Leading livestock on road at night
365. 365. Livestock on road not to be unattended
366. 366. Permits to lead livestock on national highway
366A. 366A. Overtaking restive horses or livestock
366B. 366B. Safe use of horses and horse-drawn vehicles
Division 4 - Miscellaneous road rules
367. 367. Driving without due care, &c.
368. 368. Avoiding off-road collisions and dangers
369. 369. Turning left or right at traffic lights
370. 370.
371. 371. Ride-on lawnmowers
371A. 371A. No wheeled devices zones
371B. 371B. Children under 12 not to use wheeled recreational devices
or toys on roads
371C. 371C. Wheeled recreational devices not to be used on roads at
night
371D. 371D.
371E. 371E. Travelling in or on wheeled recreational device or toy
without due care, &c.
Division 5 - Qualifying rules
372. 372. Permissive parking sign not avoided by moving a vehicle
373. 373. Closed parking spaces
Division 6 - Special transitional rules
374. 374. Transitional rule: crossing broken parallel dividing line
375. 375. Transitional rule: parking control signs marked on road
surface
376. 376.
Division 7 - Special speed-limits
377. 377. Speed-limits for learners and provisional licensees
378. 378. Speed-limit near school buses
378A. 378A. Temporary default speed-limits for Kingborough and Tasman
municipalities
PART 23 - Local Exemptions Division 1 - Exemption permits and
certificates
379. 379. Exemption permits and certificates
Division 2 - Specific exemptions
380. 380. Rule 267: Seatbelt exemptions
381. 381. Rule 268: Mode of travelling exemptions
382. 382. Rule 298: Driving with person in trailer exemptions
Division 3 - Occupational exemptions
383. 383. Exemption for transport inspector
384. 384. Exemption for road safety officer
385. 385. Exemption for school crossing patrol officer
386. 386. Exemption for railway employee
Division 4 - Other exemptions
387. 387. Exemption for driver on parking meter
PART 24 - Miscellaneous
388. 388. Jurisdictional qualifications
389. 389. Provision of Part 22 or 23 or Schedule 6 is another law
of this jurisdiction
390. 390.
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