Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 56

56 Stopping on a red traffic light or arrow

(1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light—

(a) must stop—

(i) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line; or

(ii) if there is a stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or

(iii) if there is no stop line or stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights; and

(b) must not proceed until—

(i) the traffic lights change to green or flashing yellow or show no traffic light; or

(ii) a green or flashing yellow traffic arrow is showing, if the driver is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Example for subsection (1)(a)(ii)—

(1A) However, if the traffic lights are at an intersection with a left turn on red after stopping sign and the driver is turning left at the intersection, the driver may turn left after stopping.

(1B) Subsection (2) applies to a driver—

(a) approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow; or

(b) approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow, in a marked lane with a traffic lane arrow applying to the lane indicating a single direction that is the same direction as the red traffic arrow.

(2) The driver—

(a) must stop—

(i) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line; or

(ii) if there is a stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or

(iii) if there is no stop line or stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows; and

(b) must not proceed until—

(i) the traffic arrows change to green or flashing yellow; or

(ii) the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow traffic light and there is no red or yellow traffic arrow showing.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Examples—

(3) If there is a bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to in subsection (1) or (2) , a reference to the stop line in subsection (1) (a) or (2) (a) —

(a) in the case of a driver of a motor vehicle (other than a motorbike), is a reference to the first stop line that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights; or

(b) in the case of a rider of a bicycle, a personal mobility device or a motorbike, is a reference to the stop line that is nearest to the intersection.