154Bus lanes

154 Bus lanes

Rule 154(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 57(1).

(1) A driver (except the driver of a public bus or coach or the rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter) must not drive in a bus lane, unless the driver is permitted to drive in the bus lane under rule 158.

Note 1 to rule 154(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 57(2).

1 Bicycle, coach, electric scooter and public bus are defined in the dictionary.

2 Rule 158 provides additional exceptions applying to this rule, and also provides a defence to the prosecution of a driver for an offence against this rule.

(2) A bus lane is a marked lane, or the part of a marked lane—

(a) beginning at a bus lane sign (whether or not there is also a bus lane road marking) and ending at the nearest of the following—

(i) an end bus lane sign;

(ii) a traffic sign that indicates the beginning of another special purpose lane; or

(b) beginning at a bus lane road marking (if there is no bus lane sign) and ending at the next intersection.

Intersection, marked lane, special purpose lane and traffic sign are defined in the dictionary.

bus lane road marking means a road marking consisting of—

(a) the letters "BL"; or

Rule 154(3)(b) amended by S.R. No. 121/2020 rule 22(a).

(b) the words "bus lane".

Rule 154(3)(c) revoked by S.R. No. 121/2020 rule 22(b).

| Bus lane sign | End bus lane sign |

There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these signs—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

Rule 154A inserted by S.R. No. 121/2020 rule 23.