Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver must not drive in a transit lane unless:

the driver is driving:

a public bus, public minibus, motor bike, taxi or tram; or

if the transit lane sign applying to the transit lane is a transit lane (T2) sign – a vehicle carrying at least one other person; or

if the transit lane sign applying to the transit lane is a transit lane (T3) sign – a vehicle carrying at least

2 other people; or

the driver is permitted to drive in the transit lane under rule 158.

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Motor bike, public bus, public minibus, taxi and tram are defined in the dictionary.

2 Rule 158 provides additional exceptions applying to this rule, and also provides a defence to the prosecution of a driver for an offence against this rule.

A transit lane is a marked lane, or the part of a marked lane:

beginning at a transit lane sign; and

ending at an end transit lane sign.

Note

Marked lane is defined in the dictionary.

Transit lane signs

End transit lane signs

Note for diagrams

There are a number of other permitted version of the transit lane sign and another permitted version of the end transit lane sign – see the diagrams in

Schedule 3.