26Application of Division to roundabouts, road‑related areas and adjacent land

26 Application of Division to roundabouts, road‑related areas and adjacent land

(1) This Division does not apply to a driver entering or leaving a roundabout.

Note 1: Roundabout is defined in rule 109.

Note 2: Part 9 deals with entering and leaving a roundabout.

(2) This Division applies to a driver turning left from a road into a road‑related area or adjacent land, or from a road‑related area into a road, as if the driver were turning left at an intersection.

Note 1: Adjacent land and intersection are defined in the dictionary and road‑related area is defined in rule 13. Adjacent land or a road‑related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre—see the definitions.

Note 2: Rule 74 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road from a road‑related area or adjacent land, and rule 75 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road‑related area or adjacent land from a road. Rule 212 deals with a driver entering and leaving a median strip parking area.

Note 3: For the meaning of left, see rule 351(1).

(3) In this rule:

road does not include a road‑related area.

Note: A road‑related area includes the shoulder of a road—see rule 13.