Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 252C

252C Exception to not riding personal mobility devices on particular roads—PMD-permitted bicycle lane

(1) The rider of a personal mobility device does not commit an offence against section 252B (1) if the rider—

(a) is riding in a PMD-permitted bicycle lane; or

(b) is riding on a road mentioned in section 252B (a
"prohibited road" ) to enter or leave a PMD-permitted bicycle lane by the shortest safe route; or

Examples for subsection (1)(b)—

• a rider of a personal mobility device riding from a footpath, using a kerb ramp or driveway nearest to a PMD-permitted bicycle lane, and on a prohibited road to enter the bicycle lane

• a rider of a personal mobility device leaving a PMD-permitted bicycle lane by riding on a prohibited road to reach the nearest kerb ramp or driveway in order to ride on a footpath

(c) is in a bicycle storage area at the end of a PMD-permitted bicycle lane; or

(d) is riding through an intersection from a PMD-permitted bicycle lane, a bicycle storage area at the end of a PMD-permitted bicycle lane, or a road (other than a prohibited road) to—

(i) a PMD-permitted bicycle lane adjacent to the intersection; or

(ii) a road (other than a prohibited road) adjacent to the intersection; or

(iii) a place on a road adjacent to the intersection where the rider reasonably believes there is a PMD-permitted bicycle lane or a road (other than a prohibited road).

(2) A bicycle lane is a
"PMD-permitted bicycle lane" if—

(a) the speed limit applying to a driver on the road is not more than 50km/h; or

(b) the bicycle lane is physically separated from other lines of traffic on the road by a structure including, for example, a dividing strip, traffic island, row of bollards or separation kerb.