252No bicycles signs and markings

252 No bicycles signs and markings

(1) The rider of a bicycle must not ride on a length of road or footpath to which a no bicycles sign, or a no bicycles road marking, applies.

Footpath, length of road and no bicycles road marking are defined in the dictionary.

Rule 252(1A) inserted by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 81.

(1A) The rider of an electric scooter must not ride on a length of road to which a no bicycles sign, or a no bicycles road marking, applies.

Length, of road and no bicycles road marking are defined in the dictionary.

(2) A no bicycles sign, or a no bicycles road marking, applies to a length of road or footpath beginning at the sign or marking and ending at the nearest of the following—

(a) a bicycle path sign or bicycle path road marking;

(b) a bicycle lane sign;

(c) a separated footpath sign or separated footpath road marking;

(d) a shared path sign;

(e) an end no bicycles sign;

(f) the next intersection.

Intersection is defined in the dictionary. Bicycle path road marking and separated footpath road marking are defined in rule 239.

| No bicycles sign | Bicycle path sign | | Bicycle lane sign | Separated footpath sign | | Shared path sign | End no bicycles sign |

1 There is another permitted version of the bicycle path sign, bicycle lane sign, separated footpath sign and shared path sign—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

2 A separated footpath sign may have the pedestrian symbol and the bicycle symbol reversed—see rule 316(4).

Rule 253 (Heading) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 82(1).

Rule 253 amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 82(2).