56Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow

#### 56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow 56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow > > (1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light must stop— > > > > > (a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line, or > > > > > (b) if there is a *stop here on red signal sign* at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign, or > > > > > (c) if there is no stop line or *stop here on red signal sign* at or near the traffic lights—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights, > > > > and must not proceed past the stop line, *stop here on red signal sign* or nearest or only traffic lights (as the case may be) until the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow traffic light or no traffic light. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note. > > > > Red traffic light and stop line are defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Example for subrule (1)(b). > > > > | Stopping at a stop here on red signal sign on a road the driver is entering | > > > > In this example the driver may go straight ahead, or turn right or left, if there is a green traffic light showing at 1. However, the driver must not go beyond the *stop here on red signal sign* at 2 if there is a red traffic light showing on the road the driver is entering (see 2 and 3). > > > (1A) However, if the traffic lights are at an intersection with a *left turn on red after stopping sign* and the driver is turning left at the intersection, the driver may turn left after stopping. > > > > Note. > > > > Rule 62 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver turning left at an intersection after stopping at a *left turn on red after stopping sign*. > > > (2) A driver approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow must stop— > > > > > (a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line, or > > > > > (b) if there is a *stop here on red arrow sign* at or near the traffic arrows, but no stop line—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign, or > > > > > (c) if there is no stop line or *stop here on red arrow sign* at or near the traffic arrows—as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows, > > > > and must not proceed past the stop line, *stop here on red arrow sign* or nearest or only traffic arrows (as the case may be) until the traffic arrows show a green or flashing yellow traffic arrow or no traffic arrow. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Red traffic arrow is defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Note 2. > > > > This rule only applies to a driver turning left using a slip lane if the red traffic light or red traffic arrow applies to the slip lane—see Part 20, Divisions 2 and 3, especially rules 330 and 345. > > > > Note 3. > > > > Rule 58 deals with when a driver does not have to stop for a red traffic light. > > > > Note 4. > > > > The driver of a tram or a public bus does not have to stop at traffic lights showing a red traffic light if a white T light (for trams) or a white B light (for public buses) is also showing, or a white traffic arrow is showing and the driver is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow—see rules 278 and 285. > > > > | Stop here on red signal sign | Stop here on red arrow sign | > > > (3) If there is a bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to in subrule (1) or (2), a reference to the stop line in subrule (1)(a) or (2)(a)— > > > > > (a) in the case of a driver of a motor vehicle, is a reference to the first stop line that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights, and > > > > > (b) in the case of a rider of a bicycle, is a reference to the stop line that is nearest to the intersection. > > > > Note. > > > > Bicycle storage area is defined in the Dictionary.