AustLII Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

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TRAFFIC (ROAD RULES) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 43

Division 5 - Turns into or from road-related areas or adjacent land 43. Starting and making turns

      (1) A driver turning left from a road into a road-related area or adjacent land, or from a road-related area into a road, must comply with Division 1 as if the driver were turning left at an intersection.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

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. Some shopping centres may include roads - see the definition of road in rule 12.

Note 2: For the meaning of left and right, see rule 351(1) and (2).

      (2) A driver turning right from a road into a road-related area or adjacent land, or from a road-related area into a road, must comply with Division 2 as if the driver were turning right at an intersection.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

      (3) In this rule,

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

Note 1: A road-related area includes the shoulder of a road - see rule 13.

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.

Note 3: Rule 212 deals with a driver entering and leaving a median strip parking area.



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