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151Riding a motor bike or bicycle alongside more than 1 other rider
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#### 151 Riding a motor bike or bicycle alongside more than 1 other rider
151 Riding a motor bike or bicycle alongside more than 1 other rider
> > (1) The rider of a motor bike or bicycle must not ride on a road that is not a multi-lane road alongside more than 1 other rider, unless subrule (3) applies to the rider.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Bicycle is defined in rule 15–1, motor bike and multi-lane road are defined in the Dictionary, and rider is defined in rule 17.
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> > (2) The rider of a motor bike or bicycle must not ride in a marked lane alongside more than 1 other rider in the marked lane, unless subrule (3) applies to the rider.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Marked lane is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (3) The rider of a motor bike or bicycle may ride alongside more than 1 other rider if the rider is—
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> > > (a) overtaking the other riders, or
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> > > (b) permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction.
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> > Note.
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> > Overtake is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (4) If the rider of a motor bike or bicycle is riding on a road that is not a multi-lane road alongside another rider, or in a marked lane alongside another rider in the marked lane, the rider must ride not over 1.5 metres from the other rider.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (5) In this rule—
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> > road does not include a road related area, but includes a bicycle path, shared path and any shoulder of the road.
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> > Note.
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> > Bicycle path is defined in rule 239, road related area is defined in rule 13, shared path is defined in rule 242, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.
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> **rule 151:** Am 2026 (118), Sch 1\[4\].
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> **rule 151–1:** Rep 2020 (476), Sch 1\[25\].