Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 35

35 Optional hook turn by a bicycle or personal mobility device rider

(1) The rider of a bicycle turning right at an intersection without a hook turn only sign or a no hook turn by bicycles sign, or the rider of a personal mobility device turning right at an intersection without a hook turn only sign, may turn right at the intersection by making—

(a) a right turn under division 2 ; or

(b) a hook turn under this section.

(2) The rider must make a hook turn under this section in accordance with subsection (3) .

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) To make a
"hook turn" under this section, the rider must take, in sequence, each of the following steps—

1 Approach and enter the intersection from as near as practicable to the far left side of the road that the rider is leaving.

2 Move forward—

(a) keeping as near as practicable to the far left side of the intersection; and

(b) keeping clear of any marked foot crossing; and

(c) keeping clear, as far as practicable, of any driver turning left from the left of the intersection;

until the rider is as near as practicable to the far side of the road that the rider is entering.

3 If there are traffic lights at the intersection, remain at the position reached under step 2 until the traffic lights on the road that the rider is entering change to green.

4 If there are no traffic lights at the intersection, remain at the position reached under step 2 until the rider has given way to approaching drivers on the road that the rider is leaving.

5 Turn right into the road that the rider is entering.

(4) To make a
"hook turn" under this section at an intersection that has a bicycle hook turn storage area on the left side of the intersection as the rider approaches the intersection, the rider must take the following initial 2 steps instead of the initial 2 steps listed in subsection (3) —

1 Approach the intersection from the far left side of the road the rider is leaving and enter the intersection by moving into the bicycle hook turn storage area, keeping clear of any marked foot crossing.

2 Move forward in the bicycle hook turn storage area until the rider is as near as practicable to the far side of the road that the rider is entering.

Example 1—

Example 2—

(5) In this section—

"bicycle hook turn storage area" —

(a) means an area between an intersection and a marked foot crossing, or if there is no marked foot crossing, a stop line, before the intersection that has painted on it 1 or more bicycle symbols and 1 or more right traffic lane arrows; and

(b) includes any line that delineates the right side of the area, and any line that delineates the left side of the area that is not also a stop line or part of a marked foot crossing and excludes any bicycle storage area.