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#### 97 Road access signs
97 Road access signs
> > (1) A driver must not drive on a length of road to which a *road access sign* applies if information on or with the sign indicates that the driver or the driver’s vehicle is not permitted beyond the sign.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Driver’s vehicle, length of road and with are defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (2) A *road access sign* on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign (including any road into which the length of road merges) and ending—
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> > > (a) if the sign is on a freeway—at an *end freeway sign* or *end road access sign* on the road, or
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> > > (b) if the sign is not on a freeway—at the nearer of the following—
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> > > > (i) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road,
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> > > > (ii) an *end road access sign* on the road.
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> Example.
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> A *road access sign* on an access ramp to a freeway applies to the access ramp and the freeway into which the access ramp merges.
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> Note 1.
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> Freeway is defined in rule 177, and road marking, T-intersection and traffic sign are defined in the Dictionary.
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> Note 2.
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> Rule 229 applies the *road access sign* to pedestrians.
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> | Road access sign | End freeway sign |
> | End road access sign |
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> Note 1 for diagrams.
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> There is another permitted version of the *end freeway sign*—see the diagram in Schedule 3.
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> Note 2 for diagrams.
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> A *road access sign* may indicate that it applies to different or additional vehicles or persons—see rule 316(4).