159—Marked lanes required to be used by particular kinds of vehicles
(1) If information on
or with a traffic sign applying to a length of road indicates that a vehicle
of a particular kind must drive in a particular marked lane, a driver driving
a vehicle of that kind on the length of road must drive in the indicated lane,
unless the driver is—
(a)
avoiding an obstruction; or
(b)
obeying a traffic control device applying to the indicated lane; or
(c)
permitted to drive in the indicated lane and also another marked lane under
another provision of the Australian Road Rules or under another law of this
jurisdiction; or
(d)
intending to turn off the road or to make a U-turn, and in order to do so
safely without disrupting other vehicles on the road it is necessary to
position the vehicle in another lane before starting the turn, or to make the
turn.
Offence provision.
Note 1—
"Length" of road, "marked lane", "obstruction", "traffic control device",
"traffic sign" and "with" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
An overhead lane control device may require a driver to leave a marked
lane—see rule 152.
Note 3—
Drivers of certain long vehicles are permitted to use 2 marked lanes when
turning at an intersection—see rule 28 (left turns) and rule 32 (right
turns).
(2) A traffic sign
mentioned in this rule that is on a road applies to the length of road
beginning at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following:
(a) a
traffic sign or road marking on the road that indicates that the first traffic
sign no longer applies;
(b) the
next intersection on the road;
(c) if
the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.
Note 1—
"Intersection", "road marking", "T-intersection" and "traffic sign" are
defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
Rule 322(1) and (2) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign on a road.
Examples of a traffic sign mentioned in the rule and a traffic sign indicating
that the first traffic sign no longer applies—
Trucks use left lane sign |
End trucks use left lane sign |
Note for diagrams—
There is another permitted version of the trucks use left lane sign—see
the diagrams in Schedule 3.
Division 7—Passing trams and safety zones
Note—
"Bus", "tram", "tram tracks" and "travelling along tram tracks" are defined in
the dictionary.