153Bicycle lanes

153 Bicycle lanes

(1) A driver (except the rider of a bicycle) must not drive in a bicycle lane, unless the driver is permitted to drive in the bicycle lane under this rule or rule 158.

Offence provision.

Note 1: Bicycle is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: Rule 158 provides additional exceptions applying to this rule, and also provides a defence to the prosecution of a driver for an offence against this rule.

(2) If stopping or parking is permitted at a place in a bicycle lane under another law of this jurisdiction, a driver may drive for up to 50 metres in the bicycle lane to stop or park at that place.

Note: Part 12 deals with parking and restricted stopping areas.

(3) A driver may drive for up to 50 metres in a bicycle lane if: (a) the driver is driving a public bus, public minibus or taxi, and is dropping off or picking up, passengers; and (b) there is not another law of this jurisdiction prohibiting the driver from driving in the bicycle lane.

Note: Public bus, public minibus and taxi are defined in the dictionary.

(4) A bicycle lane is a marked lane, or the part of a marked lane: (a) beginning at a bicycle lane sign applying to the lane; and (b) ending at the nearest of the following: (i) an end bicycle lane sign applying to the lane; (ii) an intersection (unless the lane is at the unbroken side of the continuing road at a T–intersection or continued across the intersection by broken lines); (iii) if the road ends at a dead end—the end of the road.

Note: Continuing road, intersection, marked lane and T–intersection are defined in the dictionary.

Note for diagrams: There are a number of other permitted versions of the bicycle lane sign, and another permitted version of the end bicycle lane sign—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.