Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver on a two-way road without a dividing line or median strip must drive to the left of the centre of the road, except as permitted under rule 133 or 139(1).

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Centre of the road,

dividing line, median strip and two-way road are defined in the dictionary.

2 For the meaning of driving to the left of something, see rule 351(3).

3 Rule 133 deals with driving to the right of the centre of the road to overtake another vehicle, to enter or leave a road, to move from one part of the road to another, or because of the width or condition of the road.

Rule 139(1) deals with driving to the right of the centre of the road to avoid an obstruction.

A driver on a road with a dividing line must drive to the left of the dividing line, except as permitted under rule 134 or 139(2).

Offence provision.

Note

Rule

134 deals with driving to the right of the dividing line to overtake another vehicle, to enter or leave a road, or to move from one part of the road to another. Rule 139(2) deals with driving to the right of the dividing line to avoid an obstruction.

The effect of this subrule, in relation to continuous dividing lines, is as follows:

 in the case of a dividing line that is only a single continuous dividing line, or that is a broken dividing line to the right of a single continuous dividing line, a driver may only drive to the right of such a line in the circumstances set out in rules 134(3) and 139(2) (as supplemented by rule 139(3));

 in the case of a dividing line that is a single continuous dividing line to the right of a broken dividing line, a driver may only drive to the right of such a line in the circumstances set out in rules

134(2), 134(3) and 139(2);

 in the case of a dividing line that is 2 parallel continuous dividing lines, a driver may only drive to the right of such a line in the circumstances set out in rule 139(2) (as supplemented by rule

139(3)).

A driver on a road with a single continuous dividing line, a single continuous dividing line to the left of a broken dividing line or 2 parallel continuous dividing lines must not drive across the dividing lines to perform a U-turn.

Offence provision.

This rule, and rules 133, 134 and 139(1) and (2), apply to a service road to which a two-way sign applies as if it were a separate road, but do not apply to any other service road.

Notes

1 Service road is defined in the dictionary.

2 Rule 136 deals with driving on a service road without a two-way sign.

In this rule:

road does not include a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path, separated footpath or shared path.

Note

Footpath and nature strip are defined in the dictionary, bicycle path and

separated footpath are defined in rule 239 and shared path is defined in rule 242.

Two-way sign

Note for diagram

There is another permitted version of the two-way sign – see the diagram in Schedule 3.

Examples for subrule (2)

Example 3

Driving to the left of 2 parallel continuous dividing lines

Note

The application of this rule is modified by regulation 79 of the Traffic Regulations 1999.