Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The rider of a
motor cycle, moped, power‑assisted pedal cycle or bicycle shall not ride
on a carriageway that is not a multi‑laned carriageway alongside more
than one other rider, unless the rider is overtaking the other riders.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
(2) The rider of a
motor cycle, moped, power‑assisted pedal cycle or bicycle shall not ride
in a marked lane on a carriageway alongside more than one other rider, unless
the rider is overtaking the other riders.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
(3) The rider of a
power‑assisted pedal cycle or bicycle shall not ride on a path alongside
another rider, unless the rider is overtaking the other rider.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
(4) If the rider of a
motor cycle, moped, power‑assisted pedal cycle or bicycle is riding on a
carriageway that is not a multi‑lane carriageway alongside another
rider, or in a marked lane alongside another rider in the marked lane, the
rider shall ride not over 1.5 m from the other rider.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
(5) In this
regulation —
moped means a motor cycle that has a propelling
engine having a piston displacement not exceeding 50 mL and that is designed
so as not to be capable of a speed exceeding 50 km/h, whether or not it
is also capable of being propelled as a pedal cycle, but does not include a
power assisted pedal cycle;
motor cycle does not include —
(a) a
2‑wheeled motor vehicle with a sidecar attached to it that is supported
by a third wheel; or
(b) a
motor vehicle with 3 wheels that is ridden in the same way as a motor vehicle
with 2 wheels.
[Regulation 130 amended in Gazette
13 Nov 2009 p. 4591.]