Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 138

138 Keeping off a painted island

(1) A driver must not drive on or over a single continuous line, or 2 parallel continuous lines, along a side of or surrounding a painted island, except as permitted under this section or section 139 (4) or 139A (3) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Example—

(2) A driver may drive on or over a single continuous line along the side of or surrounding a painted island for up to 50m—

(a) to enter or leave the road; or

(b) to enter a turning lane that begins immediately after the painted island; or

(c) to enter a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road or emergency stopping lane); or

(d) to park in angle parking on the opposite side of the road.

(3) Subsection (2) (a) does not apply in the case of a painted island—

(a) that separates a road that takes vehicles in 1 direction from another road that takes vehicles in the same direction at a place where the roads merge; or

(b) that separates 1 part of a road from other parts of the road to create a slip lane.

Examples—