131Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles

131 Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles

(1) A driver must drive to the left of any oncoming vehicle unless—

(a) the driver is turning right at an intersection; and

(b) the driver is passing an oncoming vehicle turning right at the intersection; and

(c) there is no traffic sign or road marking indicating that the driver must pass to the left of the oncoming vehicle.

1 Intersection, oncoming vehicle, road marking and traffic sign are defined in the dictionary.

2 Part 4, Division 2 deals with making right turns.

Rule 131(2) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 46(1).

(2) This rule does not apply to the rider of a motor bike that is a postal vehicle, the rider of a bicycle, the rider of an electric scooter or the rider of an animal if—

(a) the rider is riding on a footpath, nature strip or shared path; and

(b) the rider is permitted to ride on the footpath, nature strip or shared path under these Rules; and

(c) either—

(i) the oncoming vehicle is not on the footpath, nature strip or shared path; or

(ii) the oncoming vehicle is not permitted, under these Rules, to be on the footpath, nature strip or shared path.

Note to rule 131(2) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 46(2).

Bicycle, electric scooter, footpath, motor bike, nature strip and postal vehicle are defined in the dictionary. Shared path is defined in rule 242.

| Example 1<br>Driving to the left of an oncoming vehicle | Example 2<br>Oncoming vehicles turning right passing to the right of each other |