130Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road

#### 130 Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road 130 Keeping to the left on a multi-lane road > > (1) This rule applies to a driver driving on a multi-lane road if— > > > > > (a) the speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is driving is over 80 kilometres per hour, or > > > > > (b) a *keep left unless overtaking sign* applies to the length of road where the driver is driving. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Length of road and multi-lane road are defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Note 2. > > > > Part 3 deals with speed limits. > > > (2) The driver must not drive in the right lane unless— > > > > > (a) the driver is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and is giving a right change of direction signal, or > > > > > (b) the driver is overtaking, or > > > > > (b1) the driver is approaching or passing a stationary emergency response vehicle with a flashing blue, red or yellow light (in accordance with rule 78–1), or > > > > > (c) a *left lane must turn left sign* or left traffic lane arrows apply to any other lane and the driver is not turning left, or > > > > > (d) the driver is required to drive in the right lane under rule 159, or > > > > > (e) the driver is avoiding an obstruction, or > > > > > (f) the traffic in each other lane is congested, or > > > > > (g) the traffic in every lane is congested, or > > > > > (h) the right lane is a special purpose lane in which the driver, under another provision of these Rules, is permitted to drive, or > > > > > (i) there are only 2 marked lanes and the left lane is a slow vehicle turn out lane. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Centre of the road, left traffic lane arrows, obstruction, overtake, right change of direction signal, special purpose lane, traffic, and U-turn are defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Note 2. > > > > Rule 159 deals with traffic signs that require a particular kind of vehicle to drive in the marked lane indicated by the signs. > > > > Note 3. > > > > Rule 329 deals with when a traffic control device applies to a marked lane. > > > (3) A *keep left unless overtaking sign* on a multi-lane road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearest of the following— > > > > > (a) an *end keep left unless overtaking sign* on the road, > > > > > (b) a traffic sign or road marking on the road that indicates that the road is no longer a multi-lane road, > > > > > (c) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road. > > > > Note. > > > > Road marking, T-intersection and traffic sign are defined in the Dictionary. > > > (4) In this rule— > > > > lane, for a driver, means a marked lane for vehicles travelling in the same direction as the driver, but does not include a special purpose lane in which the driver is not permitted to drive. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Marked lane and special purpose lane are defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Note 2. > > > > Rule 95 deals with driving in emergency stopping lanes, and Division 6 of this Part deals with driving in other special purpose lanes. > > > > slow vehicle turn out lane means a marked lane, or the part of a marked lane, to which a *slow vehicle turn out lane sign* applies. > > > > Note. > > > > A slow vehicle turn out lane is designed for slow-moving vehicles to move into to allow faster vehicles to pass in an adjacent marked lane. > > | Keep left unless overtaking sign | > | End keep left unless overtaking sign | Slow vehicle turn out lane sign | > > Note for diagrams. > > There is another permitted version of the *end keep left unless overtaking sign*—see the diagram in Schedule 3. > > **rule 130:** Am 2019 (466), Sch 1 \[4\].