244FPersonal mobility devices not to be used on certain roads

244F Personal mobility devices not to be used on certain roads

[Rule 244F of Part 14 Inserted by S.R. 2021, No. 100, Applied:01 Dec 2021]

(1)  A PMD user must not travel on –

(a) a road with a dividing line or median strip unless the road is a declared road; or

(b) a road on which the speed-limit is greater than 50 kilometres per hour; or

(c) a one-way road with more than one marked lane unless the road is a declared road.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note

Dividing line, marked lane, median strip and one-way road are defined in the dictionary.

(2)  Subrule (1) does not apply to a PMD user if –

(a) there is an obstruction on a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path or shared path adjacent to the road (the adjacent area); and

(b) because of the obstruction, it is impracticable to travel on the adjacent area; and

(c) the PMD user travels less than 50 metres along the road to avoid the obstruction.

(3)  A PMD user must not travel on a road –

(a) that is declared, under another law of this jurisdiction, to be a road on which personal mobility devices are prohibited; or

(b) at another time if another law of this jurisdiction prohibits personal mobility devices from being on all roads, or that road, at that time.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(4)  Subrules (1) and (3) do not apply to a PMD user who is crossing a road if the PMD user –

(a) crosses the road by the shortest safest route; and

(b) does not stay on the road for longer than is necessary to cross the road safely; and