Road Rules 2019
99Keep left and keep right signs
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99 Keep left and keep right signs
(1) A driver driving past a keep left sign must drive to the left of the sign.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(2) A driver driving past a keep right sign must drive to the right of the sign.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
(3) This rule does not apply to the rider of a motor bike that is a postal vehicle, the rider of a bicycle or the rider of an animal if the rider –
(a) is riding on a bicycle path, footpath, nature strip, separated footpath or shared path; and
(b) is permitted to ride on the bicycle path, footpath, nature strip, separated footpath or shared path under the Road Rules or another law of this jurisdiction.
Note Bicycle, footpath, motor bike, nature strip and postal vehicle are defined in the dictionary and shared path is defined in rule 242.
| Keep left sign |
| Keep right sign | | Note for diagram | There is another permitted version of the keep right sign – see the diagram in Schedule 3. |

