ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic
ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 146
Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic(1) A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is—
(a) entering a part of the road of
one kind
from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to
or from a service road or a shoulder of the road); or
(b) entering or leaving the road; or
(c) moving from one marked lane to another marked lane; or
(d) avoiding an obstruction; or
(e) obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or
(f) permitted to drive in more than one marked lane under another provision of these Rules.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
Notes to rule 146(1) substituted by S.R. No. 35/2021 rule 10(1).
Notes
1 "Driver's vehicle", marked lane , "multi-lane road", obstruction , service road and traffic control device are defined in the dictionary. Shoulder is defined in rule 12.
Note 2 to rule 146(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 52.
2 A driver is permitted to drive on a multi-lane road so that
the driver's vehicle is not completely in a marked lane to pass a bicycle or
an electric scooter—see rule 144A(2).
3 A driver is generally not permitted to move from one marked lane to another marked lane across a continuous line separating the lanes—see rule 147.
4 Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one marked lane to another marked lane.
5 An overhead lane control device may require a driver to leave a marked lane—see rule 152.
6 Drivers of certain long vehicles are permitted to use 2 marked lanes when turning at an intersection—see rule 28 (left turns) and rule 32 (right turns).
(2) A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless—
(a) it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or
(b) the driver is entering a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road, a shoulder of the road or an emergency stopping lane); or
(c) the driver is entering or leaving the road; or
(d) the driver is moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic; or
(e) the driver is avoiding an obstruction.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
Notes to rule 146(2) substituted by S.R. No. 35/2021 rule 10(2).
Notes
1 Emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.
Note 2 to rule 146(2) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 52.
2 A driver is permitted to drive on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, so that the driver's vehicle is not completely in a single line of traffic to pass a bicycle or an electric scooter—see rule 144A(2).
3 Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic.
(3) This rule does not apply to the rider of a motor cycle engaging in lane filtering in the circumstances set out in rule 151B.
Note
Lane filtering is defined in the dictionary.