98One‑way signs

98 One‑way signs

(1) A driver must not drive on a length of road to which a one‑way sign applies except in the direction indicated by the arrow on the sign.

Offence provision.

Note: Length of road is defined in the dictionary.

(2) A one‑way sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearer of the following: (a) a two‑way sign on the road; (b) a keep left sign on the road; (c) another sign or road marking on the road that indicates that the road is a two‑way road; (d) if the road ends at a T–intersection—the end of the road.

Note 1: Road marking, T–intersection and two‑way road are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: There is a diagram of a keep left sign in rule 99.

(3) 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 the rider: (a) is riding on a footpath, nature strip or shared path adjacent to the length of road; and (b) is permitted to ride on the footpath, nature strip or shared path under the Australian Road Rules or another law of this jurisdiction.

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

Note 1 for diagrams: There are a number of other permitted versions of the one‑way sign and another permitted version of the two‑way sign—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

Note 2 for diagrams: A one‑way sign may have an arrow pointing in a different direction—see rule 316(4).