138Keeping off a painted island

#### 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). > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Painted island is defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Note 2. > > > > Rule 139 deals with avoiding obstructions on a road. > > > > Example. > > > > | Painted island surrounded by 2 parallel continuous lines | > > > > In this example, vehicle B is contravening the rule. > > > (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— > > > > > (a) to enter or leave the road, or > > > > > (b) to enter a turning lane that begins immediately after the painted island, or > > > > > (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 > > > > > (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. > > > > Note 1. > > > > 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. > > > > Note 2. > > > > 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. > > > > Note 3. > > > > Subrule (3) excludes certain painted islands from the application of paragraph (a). > > > (3) Subrule (2)(a) does not apply in the case of a painted island— > > > > > (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 > > > > > (b) that separates one part of a road from other parts of the road to create a slip lane. > > > > Note. > > > > Slip lane is defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Examples. > > > > | Example 1 | Example 2 | > > > > In these examples, vehicle B is contravening the rule.