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97 Road access sign (1) A driver must not drive on a length of road to which a road access sign applies if information on or with the sign indicates that the driver or the driver’s vehicle is not permitted beyond the sign. (2) A road access sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign (including any road into which the length of road merges) and ending— (a) if the sign is on a freeway—at an end freeway sign or end road access sign on the road; or (b) if the sign is not on a freeway—at the nearer of the following: (i) if the road ends at a T-intersection or dead end—the end of the road; (ii) an end road access sign on the road.
Traffic signs and road markings generally Division 8.2 A road access sign on an access ramp to a freeway applies to the access ramp and the freeway into which the access ramp merges Road access sign End freeway sign End road access sign