244H Person travelling in or on personal mobility device must wear bicycle
helmet 261
244HA Carrying passenger in or on personal mobility device 262
244HB Child using personal mobility device 262
244I Warning device—personal mobility device 262
244J Personal mobility device use at night or hazardous weather conditions 262
244K Travelling in or on personal mobility device—maintaining proper
control 263
244L Travelling in or on personal mobility device without due care etc 263
245 Riding bicycle 264
246 Carrying people on bicycle 264
247 Riding in bicycle lane on road 265
247A Entering bicycle storage area 265
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247B Giving way while entering or in bicycle storage area 265
248A Riding across road on crossing 266
249 Riding on separated footpath 267
250 Riding on footpath or shared path 267
251 Riding to left of oncoming bicycle rider on path 267
252 No bicycles sign and marking 268
253 Bicycle rider not to cause traffic hazard 268
254 Bicycle being towed etc 268
255 Riding too close to rear of motor vehicle 269
256 Bicycle helmet 269
257 Riding with person on bicycle trailer 270
258 Equipment on bicycle 270
259 Riding at night 271
260 Stopping for red bicycle crossing light 271
261 Stopping for yellow bicycle crossing light 272
262 Proceeding when bicycle crossing at an intersection or another place
on a road 272
263 Application—pt 16—people in or on tram 274
Division 16.2 Wearing seatbelts and seating positions—drivers and
passengers
264 Wearing seatbelt and seating position—driver 274
265 Wearing seatbelt and seating position—passenger 16 years old or
older 275
265A Driver to ensure passengers comply with seatbelt and seating position
requirements 276
Division 16.3 Requirements for seatbelts and seating positions—
passengers under 16 years old
266 Definitions—div 16.3 277
266C Wearing seatbelts—passengers under 6 months old 277
266D Wearing seatbelts—passengers 6 months old or older but under 4
years old 278
266E Wearing seatbelts—passengers 4 years old or older but under 7 years
old 279
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266F Exemption for driver—passenger’s medical condition etc 280
266G Seating position—passenger under 4 years old 281
266H Seating position—passenger 4 years old or older but under 7 years old 281
266I Seating position—passenger 7 years old or older but under 16 years
old 283
266J Passenger sitting in seating position fitted with particular seatbelt 283
266K Exemptions for driver—public minibus, taxi, hire car or tow truck 284
267 Exemptions—wearing seatbelt 285
268 How people must travel in or on motor vehicle 287
269 Opening door and getting out of vehicle etc 289
270 Wearing motorbike helmet 289
271 Riding on motorbike 292
272 Interfering with driver’s control of vehicle etc 294
Part 17 Additional rules for drivers of trams, tram
recovery vehicles and public buses
273 Application—div 17.1—tram recovery vehicle or public bus travelling
along tram tracks 295
274 Stopping for red T light 295
275 Stopping for yellow T light 296
276 Exception to stopping for red or yellow T light 296
277 Proceeding after stopping for red or yellow T light 296
278 Proceeding when red traffic light and white T light or white traffic arrow
showing 296
279 Proceeding when white T light or white traffic arrow no longer showing 297
280 Application—div 17.2 298
281 Stopping for red B light 298
282 Stopping for yellow B light 299
283 Exception to stopping for red or yellow B light 299
284 Proceeding after stopping for red or yellow B light 299
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285 Proceeding when red traffic light and white B light or white traffic arrow
showing 300
286 Proceeding when white B light or white traffic arrow no longer showing 300
287 Duties of driver involved in crash 302
288 Driving on path 303
289 Driving on nature strip 305
290 Driving on traffic island 306
291 Making unnecessary noise or smoke 307
291A Making unnecessary engine noise 307
292 Insecure or overhanging load 307
292A Restricting movement of load 308
293 Removing fallen etc thing from road 309
294 Keeping control of vehicle being towed 310
295 Motor vehicle towing another vehicle with towline 310
295A Number of vehicles that may be drawn 311
295B Towing by vehicle under 4.5t 313
296 Driving vehicle in reverse 314
296A Driving without due care etc 315
297 Driver to have proper control of vehicle etc 315
298 Driving with person in trailer 316
299 Television receiver or visual display unit in motor vehicle 317
300 Use of mobile device 318
300A Interrupting funeral procession etc 322
300B Driving on road closed to traffic 322
300C Approaching and passing stationary or slow moving emergency
vehicle etc 323
301 Leading animal while in or on vehicle 324
302 Rider of animal on footpath or nature strip to give way to pedestrian 324
303 Riding animal alongside more than 1 other rider 324
Division 18.2A Miscellaneous rules for other people
303A Emission of waste oil or grease 325
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303B Safety of person on trailer 326
304 Direction by police officer or authorised person 326
304A Direction by police officer to get off, or not get on, vehicle or animal 327
305 Exemption—driver of police vehicle generally—Act, s 35 328
305A Exemption—driver of police vehicle—training and assessment 329
306 Exemption—driver of emergency vehicle 330
307 Stopping and parking exemption—police or emergency vehicle or
authorised person 330
307A Stopping and parking exemption—mobile device detection system or
seatbelt detection system 331
308 Exemption—police officer and emergency worker on foot 332
309 Exemption—driver of tram etc 332
309A Exemption from requirement about riding on motorbike 333
310 Exemption—road worker etc 333
311 Exemption—oversize vehicle 335
312 Exemption—tow truck driver 337
Part 20 Traffic control devices and traffic-related
items
314 Diagram of traffic control device, traffic-related item or symbol 339
315 Legal effect of traffic control device 339
316 When traffic control device complies substantially with regulation 340
317 Information on or with traffic control device 343
318 Limited effect of certain traffic control devices 344
319 Legal effect of traffic-related item 345
320 When traffic-related item complies substantially with regulation 345
321 Meaning of information on or with traffic control device and
traffic-related item 346
322 Reference to traffic control device and traffic-related item on road etc 346
323 Reference to light that is traffic signals 348
323A Audible line 348
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Division 20.2 Application of traffic control devices to lengths of
roads and areas
324 Purpose—div 20.2 349
325 Reference to traffic control device—application to length of road and
area 349
326 When traffic control device applies to length of road or area—basic
rules 349
327 Length of road to which traffic sign (except parking control sign)
applies 350
328 Reference to traffic control device applying to length of road 350
329 Traffic control device applying to marked lane 350
330 Traffic control device applying to slip lane 351
331 Traffic control device applying to intersection 352
332 Parking control sign applying to length of road 352
333 Parking control sign applying to length of road in area to which other
parking control sign applies etc 353
334 How parking control sign applies to length of road 354
335 Traffic control device applying to area 355
336 How separated footpath sign and separated footpath road marking
apply 357
337 Purpose—div 20.3 357
338 Reference to traffic control device—application to people 358
339 When traffic control device applies to person—basic rules 358
340 Traffic control device (except road marking and parking control sign) 358
341 Road marking 359
342 Traffic sign (except parking control sign) applying to length of road 359
343 Traffic sign (except parking control sign) applying to area 360
344 Traffic control device applying to driver in marked lane 360
345 Traffic control device applying to driver in slip lane 360
346 Parking control sign 361
Division 20.4 Prescribed traffic control devices
346A Preventing prescribed traffic control device being clearly visible 361
347 Meaning of abbreviations and symbols 362
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348 Reference to driver doing something etc 362
349 Reference to certain kind of road 362
350 Reference to stopping or parking on length of road etc 362
351 Reference to left and right 363
352 Reference to stopping as near as practicable to place 364
353 Reference to pedestrian crossing road 364
Schedule 1 Abbreviations and symbols 365
Schedule 2 Standard or commonly used traffic signs 367
Schedule 3 Other permitted traffic signs 387
Schedule 4 Symbols and traffic-related items 411
Dictionary 414
1 About the endnotes 440
2 Abbreviation key 440
3 Legislation history 441
4 Amendment history 444
5 Earlier republications 450
1 Name of regulation
This regulation is the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017.
3 Dictionary
The dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.
Note 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in
this regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other
terms defined elsewhere in this regulation.
For example, the signpost definition ‘parking permit—see the Road
dictionary.’ means that the term ‘parking permit’ is defined in that
dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.
Note 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to
the entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the
regulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise appears
(see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).