Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 87

87 Giving way when moving from a side of a road or a median strip parking area

(1) A driver entering a marked lane, or a line of traffic, from the far left or right side of a road must give way to any vehicle travelling in the lane or line of traffic.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) However, the driver of a bus does not have to give way to a vehicle if—

(a) the driver of the vehicle is required to give way to the bus under section 77 ; and

(b) it is safe for the bus to enter the lane or line of traffic in which the vehicle is driving.

(3) A driver turning from a median strip parking area into a marked lane, or a line of traffic, must give way to any vehicle travelling in the lane or line of traffic.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) In this section—

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