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#### 138 Keeping off a painted island
138 Keeping off a painted island
> > (1) A driver must not drive on or over a single continuous line, or 2 parallel continuous lines, along a side of or surrounding a painted island, except as permitted under this rule or rule 139(4).
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note 1.
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> > Painted island is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > Note 2.
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> > Rule 139 deals with avoiding obstructions on a road.
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> > Example.
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> > | Painted island surrounded by 2 parallel continuous lines |
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> > In this example, vehicle B is contravening the rule.
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> > (2) A driver may drive on or over a single continuous line along the side of or surrounding a painted island for up to 50 metres—
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> > > (a) to enter or leave the road, or
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> > > (b) to enter a turning lane that begins immediately after the painted island, or
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> > > (c) to enter a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road or emergency stopping lane), or
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> > > (d) to park in angle parking on the opposite side of the road provided that the driver does not need to perform a U-turn to reach the parking area.
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> > Note 1.
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> > Angle parking, parking area, service road, turning lane and U-turn are defined in the Dictionary and emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.
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> > Note 2.
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> > Rule 85 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a turning lane from a painted island and rule 197 deals with stopping on painted islands.
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> > Note 3.
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> > Subrule (3) excludes certain painted islands from the application of paragraph (a).
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> > (3) Subrule (2)(a) does not apply in the case of a painted island—
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> > > (a) that separates a road that takes vehicles in one direction from another road that takes vehicles in the same direction at a place where the roads merge, or
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> > > (b) that separates one part of a road from other parts of the road to create a slip lane.
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> > Note.
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> > Slip lane is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > Examples.
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> > | Example 1 | Example 2 |
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> > In these examples, vehicle B is contravening the rule.