Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 159

159 Marked lanes required to be used by particular kinds of vehicles

(1) If information on or with a traffic sign applying to a length of road indicates that a vehicle of a particular kind must drive in a particular marked lane, a driver driving a vehicle of that kind on the length of road must drive in the indicated lane, unless—

(a) the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or

(b) the driver is obeying a traffic control device applying to the indicated lane; or

(c) the driver is permitted to drive in the indicated lane and also another marked lane under this regulation; or

(d) the driver is intending to turn off the road or to make a U-turn and, in order to do so safely without disrupting other vehicles on the road, it is necessary to position the vehicle in another lane before starting or making the turn; or

(e) the driver is passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A traffic sign mentioned in this section that is on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following—

(a) a traffic sign or road marking on the road that indicates that the first traffic sign no longer applies;

(b) the next intersection on the road;

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

Examples of a traffic sign mentioned in the section and a traffic sign indicating that the first traffic sign no longer applies—