TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SCHEDULE 3 - AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES 1999
20Obeying the speed-limit
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20 Obeying the speed-limit A driver must not drive at a speed over the speed-limit applying to the driver for the length of road where the driver is driving. 1 The rules about speed-limits are as follows: • rule 21 – speed-limit where a speed-limit sign applies • rule 22 – speed-limit in a speed-limited area • rule 23 – speed-limit in a school zone • rule 24 – speed-limit in a shared zone • rule 25 – speed-limit elsewhere. 2 Road includes a road-related area – see rule 11(2). 3 Length of road includes a marked lane, a part of a marked lane, or another part of a length of road – see the definition in the dictionary. 4 Part 20, Division 2 deals with the way in which a traffic sign applies to a length of road. Part 20, Division 3 deals with the way in which the traffic sign applies to drivers driving on the length of road.