Driving within single marked lane or line of traffic
146 Driving within single marked lane or line of traffic
A driver on a multi‑lane road must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is—
entering 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 a shoulder of the road); or
entering or leaving the road; or
moving from 1 marked lane to another marked lane; or
avoiding an obstruction; or
obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or
lane filtering in accordance with section 151A; or
permitted to drive in more than 1 marked lane under another provision of this regulation.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless—
it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or
the driver is entering 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 a shoulder of the road); or
the driver is entering or leaving the road; or
the driver is moving from 1 line of traffic to another line of traffic; or
the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or
the driver is lane filtering in accordance with section 151A.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
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