97Road access signs

97 Road access signs

(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.

Driver's vehicle, length of road and with are defined in the dictionary.

(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.

Rule 97(3) amended by S.R. No. 153/2019 rule 4(Sch. 1 item 2).

(3) This rule does not apply to the driver of a vehicle which is being driven on the length of road to which a road access sign applies with the written consent of the Secretary.

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.

1 Freeway is defined in rule 177. T‑intersection is defined in the dictionary.

2 Rule 229 applies the road access sign to pedestrians.

| Road access sign | End freeway sign |

End road access sign

1 There is another permitted version of the road access sign and the end freeway sign—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

2 A road access sign may indicate that it applies to different or additional vehicles or persons—see rule 316(4).

98 One-way signs

Rule 98(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 39(1).

(1) A driver must not drive on a length of road to which a one-way sign applies except in the direction indicated by the arrow on the sign.

(2) A one-way sign on a road applies to the length of road beginning at the sign and ending at the nearer of the following—

(a) a two-way sign on the road;

(b) a keep left sign on the road;