ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 130
ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 130
130 . Riding certain vehicles alongside more than 1 other rider
(1) The rider of a
motor cycle, moped, bicycle or electric rideable device must 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, bicycle or electric rideable device must not ride in a
marked lane on a carriageway alongside more than one other rider, unless the
rider is overtaking the other riders or one of the riders is the rider of a
motor cycle who is lane filtering in accordance with regulation 130B.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
(3) The rider of a
bicycle or electric rideable device must 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, bicycle or electric rideable device 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 must, unless one of the riders is the rider of a motor cycle who is lane
filtering in accordance with regulation 130B, 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: Gazette
13 Nov 2009 p. 4591; SL 2020/253 r. 19;
SL 2021/200 r. 38.]