Road Rules 2019

A PMD user must not travel on – a road with a dividing line or median strip unless the road is a declared road; or a road on which the speed-limit is greater than 50 kilometres per hour; or a one-way road with more than one marked lane unless the road is a declared road. Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.Dividing line, marked lane, median strip and one-way road are defined in the dictionary.

Subrule (1) does not apply to a PMD user if – there is an obstruction on a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path or shared path adjacent to the road (the adjacent area); and because of the obstruction, it is impracticable to travel on the adjacent area; and the PMD user travels less than 50 metres along the road to avoid the obstruction.

A PMD user must not travel on a road – that is declared, under another law of this jurisdiction, to be a road on which personal mobility devices are prohibited; or at another time if another law of this jurisdiction prohibits personal mobility devices from being on all roads, or that road, at that time. Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Subrules (1) and (3) do not apply to a PMD user who is crossing a road if the PMD user – crosses the road by the shortest safest route; and does not stay on the road for longer than is necessary to cross the road safely; and is not prohibited, under another law of this jurisdiction, from crossing the road in or on the personal mobility device.

In this rule – declared road means a road that has been declared under the Traffic Act 1925 or another law of this jurisdiction to be a road on which a PMD user may travel; road does not include a road-related area, but includes the shoulder of the road.Road-related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.