Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 45

45 What is changing direction

(1) A driver
"changes direction" if—

(a) the driver changes direction to the left; or

(b) the driver changes direction to the right.

(2) A driver
"changes direction to the left" by doing any of the following—

(a) turning left;

(b) changing marked lanes to the left;

(c) diverging to the left;

(d) entering a marked lane, or a line of traffic, to the left;

(e) moving to the left to, or from, a stationary position;

(f) turning left into a marked lane, or a line of traffic, from a median strip parking area;

(g) at a T-intersection where the continuing road curves to the right—leaving the continuing road to proceed straight ahead onto the terminating road.

(3) A driver
"changes direction to the right" by doing any of the following—

(a) turning right;

(b) changing marked lanes to the right;

(c) diverging to the right;

(d) entering a marked lane, or a line of traffic, to the right;

(e) moving to the right to, or from, a stationary position;

(f) turning right into a marked lane, or a line of traffic, from a median strip parking area;

(g) making a U-turn;

(h) at a T-intersection where the continuing road curves to the left—leaving the continuing road to proceed straight ahead onto the terminating road.

Examples for subsections (2)(g) and (3)(h)—