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290Driving on a traffic island
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290 Driving on a traffic island
290 Driving on a traffic island
A driver must not drive on a traffic island (except the central traffic island in a roundabout), unless—
(a) the traffic island is designed to allow vehicles to be driven on it, or
(b) the driver is permitted to drive on the traffic island under another law of this jurisdiction.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Note 1.
Roundabout is defined in rule 109, and traffic island is defined in the Dictionary.
Note 2.
A driver must drive to the left of the central traffic island in a roundabout except in certain circumstances—see rule 115.