ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 247 Riding in a bicycle lane on a road

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 247

Rule 247(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 74.

    (1)     The rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter riding on a length of road with a bicycle lane designed for bicycles and electric scooters travelling in the same direction as the rider must ride in the bicycle lane unless it is impracticable to do so.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

Note

Rule 153 defines a bicycle lane and deals with the use of bicycle lanes by other vehicles.

    (2)     In this rule—

"road" does not include a road related area.

Note

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