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ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 56
Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow
56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow
(1) A driver approaching or at
traffic lights showing a red traffic light must stop-- (a) if there is a stop
line at or near the traffic lights--as near as practicable to, but before
reaching, the stop line, or
(b) if there is a stop here on red signal sign at
or near the traffic lights, but no stop line--as near as practicable to, but
before reaching, the sign, or
(c) if there is no stop line or stop here on
red signal sign at or near the traffic lights--as near as practicable to, but
before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights,
and must not proceed past
the stop line, stop here on red signal sign or nearest or only traffic lights
(as the case may be) until the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow
traffic light or no traffic light. : Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
Note
:
"Red traffic light" and
"stop line" are defined in the Dictionary.
Example for subrule (1)(b) : In this example the driver may go straight ahead, or turn right or left, if
there is a green traffic light showing at 1. However, the driver must not go
beyond the stop here on red signal sign at 2 if there is a red traffic light
showing on the road the driver is entering (see 2 and 3).
(1A) However, if
the traffic lights are at an intersection with a left turn on red after
stopping sign and the driver is turning left at the intersection, the driver
may turn left after stopping. Note : Rule 62 deals with the give way rules
applying to a driver turning left at an intersection after stopping at a left
turn on red after stopping sign.
(2) A driver approaching or at
traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction
indicated by the arrow must stop-- (a) if there is a stop line at or near the
traffic arrows--as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line,
or
(b) if there is a stop here on red arrow sign at or near the
traffic arrows, but no stop line--as near as practicable to, but before
reaching, the sign, or
(c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red arrow
sign at or near the traffic arrows--as near as practicable to, but before
reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows,
and must not proceed past the
stop line, stop here on red arrow sign or nearest or only traffic arrows (as
the case may be) until the traffic arrows show a green or flashing yellow
traffic arrow or no traffic arrow. : Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.
Note
1 :
"Red traffic arrow" is defined in the Dictionary.
Note 2 : This rule only
applies to a driver turning left using a slip lane if the red traffic light or
red traffic arrow applies to the slip lane--see Part 20, Divisions 2 and 3,
especially rules 330 and 345.
Note 3 : Rule 58 deals with when a driver does
not have to stop for a red traffic light.
Note 4 : The driver of a tram or a
public bus does not have to stop at traffic lights showing a red traffic light
if a white T light (for trams) or a white B light (for public buses) is also
showing, or a white traffic arrow is showing and the driver is turning in the
direction indicated by the arrow--see rules 278 and 285.
:
(3) If there is a bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to
in subrule (1) or (2), a reference to the stop line in subrule (1)(a) or
(2)(a)-- (a) in the case of a driver of a motor vehicle, is a reference to the
first stop line that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights,
and
(b) in the case of a rider of a bicycle, is a reference to the stop line
that is nearest to the intersection.
Note :
"Bicycle storage area" is defined in the Dictionary.
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