132Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line

132 Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line

(1) A driver on a two‑way road without a dividing line or median strip must drive to the left of the centre of the road, except as permitted under rule 133 or 139(1).

Offence provision.

Note 1: Centre of the road, dividing line, median strip and two‑way road are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: For the meaning of driving to the left of something, see rule 351(3).

Note 3: Rule 133 deals with driving to the right of the centre of the road to overtake another vehicle, to enter or leave a road, to move from one part of the road to another, or because of the width or condition of the road. Rule 139(1) deals with driving to the right of the centre of the road to avoid an obstruction.

(2) A driver on a road with a dividing line must drive to the left of the dividing line, except as permitted under rule 134 or 139(2).

Offence provision.

Note: Rule 134 deals with driving to the right of the dividing line to overtake another vehicle, to enter or leave a road, or to move from one part of the road to another. Rule 139(2) deals with driving to the right of the dividing line to avoid an obstruction.

(2A) A driver on a road with 2 parallel continuous dividing lines must not drive across the dividing lines to perform a U‑turn.

Offence provision.

Note : A driver may drive across a dividing line that is a broken dividing line only, or a broken dividing line to the left of a single continuous dividing line, or a single continuous dividing line only, to perform a U‑turn—see rules 134(2) and (2A).

(3) This rule, and rules 133, 134 and 139(1) and (2), apply to a service road to which a two‑way sign applies as if it were a separate road, but do not apply to any other service road.

Note 1: Service road is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: Rule 136 deals with driving on a service road without a two‑way sign.

(4) In this rule:

road does not include a footpath, nature strip or shared path.

Note: Footpath and nature strip are defined in the dictionary and shared path is defined in rule 242.

Two‑way sign

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Note for diagram: There is another permitted version of the two‑way sign—see the diagram in Schedule 3.

Note: Examples for subrule (2)

Example 3

Driving to the left of 2 parallel continuous dividing lines

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