ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 39 Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 39

Rule 39(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 16.

    (1)     A driver must not make a U-turn at a break in a dividing strip on a road if there is a no U-turn sign at the break in the dividing strip.

Penalty:     In the case of a bicycle or an electric scooter, 3 penalty units;

In the case of any other vehicle, 5 penalty units.

Notes

1     Dividing strip is defined in the dictionary.

2     Rule 322(5) and (6) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign at a break in a dividing strip.

    (2)     A driver must not make a U-turn on a length of road to which a no U-turn sign applies.

Penalty:     3 penalty units.

Note

Length of road is defined in the dictionary.

    (3)     A no U-turn sign on a road (except a no U-turn sign at an intersection or at a break in a dividing strip) applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearer of the following—

        (a)     the next intersection on the road;

        (b)     if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.

Notes

1     Intersection and T-intersection are defined in the dictionary.

2     Rule 322(1) and (2) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign on a road.

No U-turn signs