146Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

(1)  A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is –

(a) entering a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road or a shoulder of the road); or

(b) entering or leaving the road; or

(c) moving from one marked lane to another marked lane; or

(d) avoiding an obstruction; or

(e) obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or

(ea) the rider of a motor bike and is lane filtering in accordance with rule 151A; or

(f) permitted to drive in more than one marked lane under another provision of the Road Rules or under another law of this jurisdiction; or

(g) overtaking or passing the rider of a bicycle that is travelling in the same direction as the driver.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 Driver’s vehicle, marked lane, multi-lane road, obstruction, service road and traffic control device are defined in the dictionary and shoulder is defined in rule 12.

Note 2 A driver is generally not permitted to move from one marked lane to another marked lane across a continuous line separating the lanes – see rule 147.

Note 3 Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one marked lane to another marked lane.

Note 4 An overhead lane control device may require a driver to leave a marked lane – see rule 152.

Note 5 Drivers of certain long vehicles are permitted to use 2 marked lanes when turning at an intersection – see rule 28 (left turns) and rule 32 (right turns).

Note 6 Rider is defined in rule 17.

Note 7 Motor bike is defined in the dictionary.

Note 8 Lane filtering is defined in rule 151A.

(2)  A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless –