Road Safety Road Rules 2017
Part 6Traffic lights and twin red lights
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Part 6—Traffic lights and twin red lights
Division 1—Obeying traffic lights
1 Traffic arrows and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary. Traffic arrows are a traffic control device designed to show a traffic arrow, or 2 or more traffic arrows at different times—see the definition in the dictionary.
2 A reference in a rule of this Part to a green, yellow or red traffic light or traffic arrow is a reference to a steady green, yellow or red traffic light or traffic arrow, unless otherwise stated in the rule—see rule 323.
3 The Road Rules dealing with T lights and B lights, which apply to drivers of trams and public buses, are in Part 17.