154Bus lanes

154 Bus lanes

(1)  A driver (except the driver of a public bus) must not drive in a bus lane, unless the driver is permitted to drive in the bus lane under rule 158.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 Public bus is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 Rule 158 provides additional exceptions applying to this rule, and also provides a defence to the prosecution of a driver for an offence against this rule.

(2)  A bus lane is a marked lane, or the part of a marked lane –

(a) beginning at a bus lane sign (whether or not there is also a bus lane road marking) and ending at the nearest of the following:

(i) an end bus lane sign;

(ii) a traffic sign that indicates the beginning of another special purpose lane; or

(b) beginning at a bus lane road marking (if there is no bus lane sign) and ending at the next intersection.

Note Intersection, marked lane, special purpose lane and traffic sign are defined in the dictionary.

(3)  In this rule –

bus lane road marking means a road marking consisting of –

(a) the letters 'BL'; or

(b) [Rule 154 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 43, Applied:13 Jul 2022] the words ‘bus lane’.

(c) [Rule 154 Subrule (3) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 43, Applied:13 Jul 2022]

Note Road marking is defined in the dictionary.

| Bus lane sign |

| End bus lane sign | | Note for diagrams | There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these signs – see the diagrams in Schedule 3. |