TASMANIA __________ ROAD RULES 2019 STATUTORY RULES 2019, No. 61 __________ CONTENTS PART 1 – INTRODUCTION Division 1 – Road Rules 1. Short title 2. Commencement 3. Object of the Road Rules Division 2 – Some features of the Road Rules 4. Definitions: the dictionary, &c. 5. Diagrams 6. Examples 7. Headings 8. Notes 9. Reader’s Guide 10. Offences PART 2 – APPLICATION OF THE ROAD RULES Division 1 – Roads and road-related areas 11. Road Rules apply to vehicles and road users on roads and road- related areas 12. What is a road 13. What is a road-related area Division 2 – Road users and vehicles 14. Road users 15. What is a vehicle 16. Who is a driver 17. Who is a rider 18. Who is a pedestrian 19. References to driver includes rider, &c. PART 3 – SPEED-LIMITS 20. Obeying the speed-limit 21. Speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies 22. Speed-limit in a speed-limited area 23. Speed-limit in a school zone 24. Speed-limit in a shared zone 25. Speed-limit elsewhere PART 4 – MAKING TURNS Division 1 – Left turns 26. Application of Division to roundabouts, road-related areas and adjacent land 27. Starting a left turn from a road (except a multi-lane road) 28. Starting a left turn from a multi-lane road 29. Making a left turn as indicated by a turn line Division 2 – Right turns 30. Application of Division to certain right turns 31. Starting a right turn from a road (except a multi-lane road) 32. Starting a right turn from a multi-lane road 33. Making a right turn Division 3 – Hook turns at intersections 34. Making a hook turn at a hook turn only sign 35. Optional hook turn by a bicycle rider 2 36. Bicycle rider making a hook turn contrary to no hook turn by bicycles sign Division 4 – U-turns 37. Beginning a U-turn 38. Giving way when making a U-turn 39. Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign 40. Making a U-turn at an intersection with traffic lights 41. Making a U-turn at an intersection without traffic lights 42. Starting a U-turn at an intersection 43. Rule left blank PART 5 – CHANGE OF DIRECTION AND STOP SIGNALS Division 1 – Change of direction signals 44. Division does not apply to entering or leaving a roundabout 45. What is changing direction 46. Giving a left change of direction signal 47. How to give a left change of direction signal 48. Giving a right change of direction signal 49. How to give a right change of direction signal 50. How to give a right change of direction signal by giving a hand signal 51. When use of direction indicator lights permitted Division 2 – Stop signals 52. Division does not apply to bicycle riders or certain tram drivers 53. Giving a stop signal 54. How to give a stop signal 55. How to give a stop signal by giving a hand signal PART 6 – TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TRAFFIC ARROWS AND TWIN RED LIGHTS Division 1 – Obeying traffic lights and traffic arrows 56. Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow 57. Stopping for a yellow traffic light or arrow 3 58. Exceptions to stopping for a red or yellow traffic light 59. Proceeding through a red traffic light 60. Proceeding through a red traffic arrow 60A. Proceeding through a bicycle storage area before a red traffic light or arrow 61. Proceeding when traffic lights or arrows at an intersection change to yellow or red Division 2 – Giving way at traffic lights and traffic arrows 62. Giving way when turning at an intersection with traffic lights 63. Giving way at an intersection with traffic lights not operating or only partly operating 64. Giving way at a flashing yellow traffic arrow at an intersection 65. Giving way at a marked foot crossing (except at an intersection) with a flashing yellow traffic light Division 3 – Twin red lights (except at level crossings) 66. Stopping for twin red lights (except at level crossings) PART 7 – GIVING WAY Division 1 – Giving way at a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver 67. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at an intersection without traffic lights 68. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places 69. Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at an intersection (except a roundabout) 70. Giving way at a give way sign at a bridge or length of narrow road 71. Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at other places Division 2 – Giving way at an intersection without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver 72. Giving way at an intersection (except a T-intersection or roundabout) 73. Giving way at a T-intersection 4 Division 3 – Entering or leaving road-related areas and adjacent land and driving in road-related areas 74. Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land 75. Giving way when entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a road 75A. Avoiding off-road collisions and dangers Division 4 – Keeping clear of and giving way to particular vehicles 76. Keeping clear of trams travelling in tram lanes, &c. 77. Giving way to buses 78. Keeping clear of police, emergency, enforcement and escort vehicles 79. Giving way to police, emergency, enforcement and escort vehicles 79A. Speed-limit approaching and passing stationary or slow-moving police, emergency, enforcement and escort vehicles Division 5 – Crossings and shared zones 80. Stopping at a children’s crossing 81. Giving way at a pedestrian crossing 82. Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing 83. Giving way to pedestrians in a shared zone Division 6 – Other give way rules 84. Giving way when driving through a break in a dividing strip 85. Giving way on a painted island 86. Giving way in median turning bays 87. Giving way when moving from a side of a road or a median strip parking area PART 8 – TRAFFIC SIGNS AND ROAD MARKINGS Division 1 – Traffic signs and road markings at intersections and other places 88. Left turn signs 89. Right turn signs 90. No turns signs 5 91. No left turn and no right turn signs 92. Traffic lane arrows Division 2 – Traffic signs and road markings generally 93. No overtaking or passing signs 94. No overtaking on bridge signs 95. Emergency stopping lane only signs 96. Keep clear markings 97. Road access signs 98. One-way signs 99. Keep left and keep right signs 100. No entry signs 101. Hand-held stop signs 101A. Safety ramp and arrester bed signs Division 3 – Signs for trucks, buses and other large vehicles 102. Clearance and low clearance signs 103. Load limit signs 104. No trucks signs 105. Trucks must enter signs 106. No buses signs 107. Buses must enter signs 108. Trucks and buses low gear signs PART 9 – ROUNDABOUTS 109. What is a roundabout 110. Meaning of halfway around a roundabout 111. Entering a roundabout from a multi-lane road or a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction 112. Giving a left change of direction signal when entering a roundabout 113. Giving a right change of direction signal when entering a roundabout 114. Giving way when entering or driving in a roundabout 6 115. Driving in a roundabout 116. Obeying traffic lane arrows when driving in or leaving a roundabout 117. Giving a change of direction signal when changing marked lanes or lines of traffic in a roundabout 118. Giving a left change of direction signal when leaving a roundabout 119. Giving way by the rider of a bicycle or animal to a vehicle leaving a roundabout PART 10 – LEVEL CROSSINGS 120. What is a level crossing 121. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign at a level crossing 122. Giving way at a give way sign or give way line at a level crossing 123. Entering a level crossing when a train or tram is approaching, &c., 124. Leaving a level crossing PART 11 – KEEPING LEFT, OVERTAKING AND OTHER DRIVING RULES Division 1 – General 125. Unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians 126. Keeping a safe distance behind vehicles 127. Keeping a minimum distance between long vehicles 128. Entering blocked intersections 128A. Entering blocked crossings Division 2 – Keeping to the left 129. Keeping to the far left side of a road 130. Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road 131. Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles 132. Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line 133. Exceptions to keeping to the left of the centre of a road 134. Exceptions to keeping to the left of a dividing line 7 135. Keeping to the left of a median strip 136. Driving on a one-way service road 137. Keeping off a dividing strip 138. Keeping off a painted island 139. Exceptions for avoiding obstructions on a road 139A. Exceptions for overtaking or passing bicycle rider Division 3 – Overtaking 140. No overtaking unless safe to do so 141. No overtaking, &c., to the left of a vehicle 142. No overtaking to the right of a vehicle turning right, &c., 143. Passing or overtaking a vehicle displaying a do not overtake turning vehicle sign 144. Keeping a safe distance when overtaking 144A.