43AMaking a U-turn on a road-related area with traffic lights

43A Making a U-turn on a road-related area with traffic lights A driver must not make a U-turn at a place with traffic lights where a road and road-related area intersect unless there is a U-turn permitted sign at the place. 2 Traffic lights is defined in the dictionary and road-related area is defined in rule 13. Part 5 Change of direction and stop signals Division 1 Change of direction signals 44 Division does not apply to entering or leaving a roundabout, lane filtering or repositioning This Division does not apply to: (a) a driver entering, in or leaving a roundabout; or (b) the rider of a motorbike while lane filtering in accordance with rule 151A; or (c) the rider of a motorbike while repositioning the motorbike within the same lane in order to avoid a hazard or reduce the risk of a crash. 1 Part 9 deals with giving change of direction signals when entering or leaving a roundabout. 2 Lane filtering is defined in rule 151A. 45 What is changing direction (1) A driver changes direction if the driver changes direction to the left or the driver changes direction to the right. (2) A driver changes direction to the left by doing any of the (a) turning left; (b) changing marked lanes to the left; (c) diverging to the left;

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 36 (d) entering a marked lane, or a line of traffic, to the left; (e) moving to the left to, or from, a stationary position; (f) turning left into a marked lane, or a line of traffic, from a median strip parking area; (g) at a T-intersection where the continuing road curves to the right – leaving the continuing road to proceed straight ahead onto the terminating road. 1 Marked lane and median strip parking area are defined in the dictionary. 2 For the meaning of left, see rule 351(1). (3) A driver changes direction to the right by doing any of the (a) turning right; (b) changing marked lanes to the right; (c) diverging to the right; (d) entering a marked lane, or a line of traffic, to the right; (e) moving to the right from a stationary position; (f) turning right into a marked lane, or a line of traffic, from a median strip parking area; (g) making a U-turn; (h) at a T-intersection where the continuing road curves to the left – leaving the continuing road to proceed straight ahead onto the terminating road. 1 U-turn is defined in the dictionary. 2 For the meaning of right, see rule 351(2).

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 37 Examples for subrules (2)(g) and (3)(h) Driver indicating change of direction at a T-intersection where the continuing road curves to the right and the driver is proceeding straight ahead onto the terminating road Driver indicating change of direction at a T-intersection where the continuing road curves to the left and the driver is proceeding straight ahead onto the terminating road