146Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic (1) A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is: (a) entering a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road or a shoulder of the road); or (b) entering or leaving the road; or (c) moving from one marked lane to another marked lane; or (d) avoiding an obstruction; or (e) obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or (ea) lane filtering in accordance with rule 151A; or (f) permitted to drive in more than one marked lane under another provision of the Australian Road Rules or under 1 Driver's vehicle, marked lane, multi-lane road, obstruction, service road and traffic control device are defined in the dictionary, lane filtering is defined in rule 151A and shoulder is defined in rule 12. 2 A driver is generally not permitted to move from one marked lane to another marked lane across a continuous line separating the lanes – see rule 147. 3 Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one marked lane to another marked lane. 4 An overhead lane control device may require a driver to leave a marked 5 Drivers of certain long vehicles are permitted to use 2 marked lanes when (2) A driver on a road with 2 or more lines of traffic travelling in the same direction as the driver, but without marked lanes, must drive so the driver's vehicle is completely in a single line of traffic unless: (a) it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or (b) the driver is entering a part of the road of one kind from a part of the road of another kind (for example, moving to or from a service road or a shoulder of the road); or

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 141 (c) the driver is entering or leaving the road; or (d) the driver is moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic; or (e) the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or (f) the driver is lane filtering in accordance with rule 151A. 1 Rule 148 deals with giving way when moving from one line of traffic to another line of traffic. 2 Lane filtering is defined in rule 151A. 3 The application of this rule is modified by regulation 79 of the Traffic 147 Moving from one marked lane to another marked lane across a continuous line separating the lanes (1) A driver on a multi-lane road must not move from one marked lane to another marked lane by crossing a continuous line separating the lanes unless: (a) the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or (b) the driver is obeying a traffic control device applying to the first marked lane; or (c) the driver is permitted to drive in both marked lanes under another provision of the Australian Road Rules or under another law of this jurisdiction; or (d) either of the marked lanes is a special purpose lane in which the driver is permitted to drive under the Australian Road Rules and the driver is moving to or from the special purpose lane; or (e) either of the marked lanes is a special purpose lane during specified times only and the driver: (i) is moving to or from that lane outside of the times during which it is a special purpose lane; and (ii) is permitted to drive in that lane outside of the times during which it is a special purpose lane under the Australian Road Rules; or