Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
(1) The Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road-related areas.
Note: Road is defined in rule 12, road-related area is defined in rule 13, road user is defined in rule 14 and vehicle is defined in rule 15. |
(2) Each reference in the Road Rules (except in this Division) to a road includes a reference to a road-related area, unless otherwise expressly stated in the Rules.
Examples for subrule (2) |
1. A reference in rule 146 (which deals with driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic) to the road includes a reference to the road-related area of the road. |
2. A reference in rule 200(1) (which deals with certain heavy or long vehicles stopping on roads) to a length of road includes a reference to the road-related area of the length of road. |
3. A reference in rule 31 (which deals with starting a right turn from a road, except a multi-lane road) to a road does not include a reference to a road-related area, because of the definition in subrule (5) of that rule. |