Keeping off a dividing strip
137 Keeping off a dividing strip
(1) A driver must not drive on a dividing strip, except as permitted under this rule or rule 139(4).
Offence provision.
Notes
1 Dividing strip is defined in the dictionary.
2 Rule 139 deals with avoiding obstructions on a road.
(2) A driver may drive on a dividing strip that is at the same level as the road, and marked at each side by a continuous line:
to enter or leave the road; or
(b) to enter or leave an area on the dividing strip to which a parking control sign applies if the driver is permitted to park in the area.
Notes
1 Parking control sign is defined in the dictionary.
2 Part 12 deals with restrictions on stopping and parking.
(2A) For the purposes of subrule (2), a dividing strip is to be treated as being at the same level as the road even if it contains one or more raised pavement bars or markers.
In this rule:
dividing strip does not include a painted island.
Notes
1 Painted island is defined in the dictionary.
2 Rule 138 deals with keeping off painted islands.
3 The application of this rule is modified by regulation 79 of the Traffic Regulations 1999.
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