Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 262

262 Proceeding when bicycle crossing at an intersection or another place on a road

(1) The rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device who is crossing at an intersection, or another place on a road, with bicycle crossing lights and traffic lights must comply with this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) If the bicycle crossing lights change from green to yellow, flashing yellow, red or flashing red while the rider is crossing the road, the rider must not stay on the road for longer than necessary to cross safely to the nearer (in the direction of travel of the rider) of the following—

(a) a dividing strip, safety zone, or traffic island, forming part of the area set aside or used by riders of bicycles or personal mobility devices to cross the road at the intersection or place (a
"safety area" );

(b) the far side of the road.

(2A) Despite subsection (2) , the rider may instead return to the side of the road, or a safety area, that the rider has just left, but only if—

(a) at the time the lights change, that side or safety area is closer to the rider than the side or safety area the rider was approaching at the time; and

(b) the rider does not stay on the road for longer than is necessary to return to that side or safety area.

(3) If, under subsection (2) or (2A) , the rider crosses, or returns, to a safety area, the rider must remain in the safety area until the bicycle crossing lights change to green.

(4) However, if the rider can not operate the bicycle crossing lights from the safety area, the rider may cross to the far side of the road when—

(a) the traffic lights change to green or flashing yellow, or there is no red traffic light showing; and

(b) it is safe to do so.

(4A) If the bicycle crossing lights show a green bicycle crossing light, the rider may cross at the intersection, or another place on the road, even though the traffic lights show a red traffic light or yellow traffic light.

(5) In this section—

"road" does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.