131Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles

131 Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles

(1) A driver must drive to the left of any oncoming vehicle unless: (a) the driver is turning right at an intersection; and (b) the driver is passing an oncoming vehicle turning right at the intersection; and (c) there is no traffic sign or road marking indicating that the driver must pass to the left of the oncoming vehicle.

Offence provision.

Note 1: Intersection, oncoming vehicle, road marking and traffic sign are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: Part 4, Division 2 deals with making right turns.

(2) This rule does not apply to the rider of a motor bike that is a postal vehicle, the rider of a bicycle or the rider of an animal if: (a) the rider is riding on a footpath, nature strip or shared path; and (b) the rider is permitted to ride on the footpath, nature strip or shared path under the Australian Road Rules or another law of this jurisdiction; and (c) either: (i) the oncoming vehicle is not on the footpath, nature strip or shared path; or (ii) the oncoming vehicle is not permitted, under the Australian Road Rules or under another law of this jurisdiction, to be on the footpath, nature strip or shared path.

Note: Bicycle, footpath, motor bike, nature strip and postal vehicle are defined in the dictionary and shared path is defined in rule 242.

Note: Examples