26Application of Division to roundabouts, road-related areas and adjacent land

26 Application of Division to roundabouts, road-related areas and adjacent land

(1)  This Division does not apply to a driver entering or leaving a roundabout.

Note 1

Roundabout is defined in rule 109.

Note 2

Part 9 deals with entering and leaving a roundabout.

(2)  This Division applies to a driver turning left from a road into a road-related area or adjacent land, or from a road-related area into a road, as if the driver were turning left at an intersection.

Note 1

Adjacent land and intersection are defined in the dictionary and road-related area is defined in rule 13. Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre – see the definitions.

Note 2

Rule 74 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land, and rule 75 deals with the give way rules applying to a driver entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a road. Rule 212 deals with a driver entering and leaving a median strip parking area.

Note 3

For the meaning of left, see rule 351(1).

(3)  In this rule –

road does not include a road-related area.

Note

A road-related area includes the shoulder of a road – see rule 13.