Keeping off painted island
138 Keeping off painted island
A driver must not drive on or over a single continuous line, or 2 parallel continuous lines, along a side of or surrounding a painted island, except as permitted under this section or section 139 (4).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
Example
Painted island surrounded by 2 parallel continuous lines
In this example, vehicle B is contravening the section.
A driver may drive on or over a single continuous line along the side of or surrounding a painted island for up to 50m—
to enter or leave the road; or
to enter a turning lane that begins immediately after the painted island; or
to enter a part of the road of 1 kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road or emergency stopping lane); or
to park in angle parking on the opposite side of the road provided that the driver does not need to perform a U‑turn to reach the parking area.
Subsection (2) (a) does not apply in the case of a painted island—
that separates a road that takes vehicles in 1 direction from another road that takes vehicles in the same direction at a place where the roads merge; or
that separates 1 part of a road from other parts of the road to create a slip lane.
Example 1
In this example, vehicle B is contravening the section.
Example 2
In this example, vehicle B is contravening the section.
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