Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 151A

151A Lane filtering between slow or stationary vehicles on a motorbike

(1) The rider of a motorbike is
"lane filtering" along a length of road if the rider rides the motorbike between—

(a) two adjacent lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the motorbike; or

(b) two vehicles (regardless of whether the rider remains within a single marked lane), each vehicle travelling in—

(i) the same direction as the motorbike; and

(ii) separate, but adjacent, marked lanes.

(2) The rider of a motorbike must not unlawfully lane filter along a length of road.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) For subsection (2) , if 1 or more of the following circumstances apply while a rider is lane filtering along a length of road, the rider is taken to have unlawfully lane filtered along the length of road—

(a) the rider does not hold an O type licence for the class of the motorbike;

(b) the rider rides at a speed of more than 30km/h;

(c) the rider rides in a school zone;

(d) a no filtering sign applies to the length of road;

(e) it is not safe to lane filter.

(4) A no filtering sign on a road applies to a length of road starting at the sign and ending at the nearer of the following—

(a) if the length of road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the length of road;

(b) the next end no filtering sign that is on the road.

(5) In this section—

"end no filtering sign" means a traffic sign—

(a) with a symbol displaying a motorbike positioned between two vehicles with a black diagonal line across the symbol; and

(b) with a symbol positioned below the symbol mentioned in paragraph (a) displaying the word ‘END’ in black letters.

"no filtering sign" means—

(a) a traffic sign with a symbol displaying a motorbike positioned between two vehicles with a red diagonal line across the symbol; or

(b) a traffic sign displaying the words ‘no filtering’.

"school zone" means a school zone under section 23 (2) but only during the times when a lower speed limit applies to a driver in the school zone than the speed limit that applies to a driver for a length of road immediately outside the school zone.