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#### 39 Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign
39 Making a U-turn contrary to a no U-turn sign
> > (1) A driver must not make a U-turn at a break in a dividing strip on a road if there is a *no U-turn sign* at the break in the dividing strip.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note 1.
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> > Dividing strip is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > Note 2.
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> > Rule 322(5) and (6) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign at a break in a dividing strip.
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> > (2) A driver must not make a U-turn on a length of road to which a *no U-turn sign* applies.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Length of road is defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (3) A *no U-turn sign* on a road (except a *no U-turn sign* at an intersection or at a break in a dividing strip) applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearer of the following—
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> > > (a) the next intersection on the road,
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> > > (b) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road.
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> > Note 1.
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> > Intersection and T-intersection are defined in the Dictionary.
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> > Note 2.
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> > Rule 322(1) and (2) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign on a road.
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> | No U-turn signs |
> | No U-turn sign(Standard sign) | No U-turn sign(Variable illuminated message sign) |