146Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

#### 146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic 146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic > > (1) A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is— > > > > > (a) entering 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 a shoulder of the road), or > > > > > (b) entering or leaving the road, or > > > > > (c) moving from one marked lane to another marked lane, or > > > > > (d) avoiding an obstruction, or > > > > > (e) obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane, or > > > > > (e1) lane filtering in accordance with rule 151A, or > > > > > (f) permitted to drive in more than one marked lane under another provision of these Rules or under another law of this jurisdiction. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Driver’s vehicle, marked lane, multi-lane road, obstruction, service road and traffic control device are defined in the Dictionary, shoulder is defined in rule 12 and lane filtering is defined in rule 151A. > > > > Note 2. > > > > A driver is generally not permitted to move from one marked lane to another marked lane across a continuous line separating the lanes—see rule 147. > > > > Note 3. > > > > Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one marked lane to another marked lane. > > > > Note 4. > > > > An overhead lane control device may require a driver to leave a marked lane—see rule 152. > > > > Note 5. > > > > Drivers of certain long vehicles are permitted to use 2 marked lanes when turning at an intersection—see rule 28 (left turns) and rule 32 (right turns). > > > (2) A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless— > > > > > (a) it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic, or > > > > > (b) the driver is entering 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 a shoulder of the road), or > > > > > (c) the driver is entering or leaving the road, or > > > > > (d) the driver is moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic, or > > > > > (e) the driver is avoiding an obstruction, or > > > > > (f) the driver is lane filtering in accordance with rule 151A. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note. > > > > Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic. > > **rule 146:** Am 2020 (476), Sch 1\[21\]–\[23\].