56Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow

56 Stopping for a red traffic light or arrow (1) A driver approaching or at traffic lights showing a red traffic light (a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic lights – as near as (b) if there is a stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights, but no stop line – as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or (c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red signal sign at or near the traffic lights – as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic lights; and must not proceed past the stop line, stop here on red signal sign or nearest or only traffic lights (as the case may be) until the traffic lights show a green or flashing yellow traffic light or no traffic Note Red traffic light and stop line are defined in the dictionary. Example for subrule (1)(b) Stopping at a stop here on red signal sign on a road the driver is entering In this example the driver may go straight ahead, or turn right or left, if there is a green traffic light showing at 1. However, the driver must not go beyond the stop here on red signal sign at 2 if there is a red traffic light showing on the road the driver is entering (see 2 and 3).

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 43 (1A) However, if the traffic lights are at an intersection with a left turn on Note (2) A driver approaching or at traffic arrows showing a red traffic arrow who is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow must stop: (a) if there is a stop line at or near the traffic arrows – as near as (b) if there is a stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows, but no stop line – as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the sign; or (c) if there is no stop line or stop here on red arrow sign at or near the traffic arrows – as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the nearest or only traffic arrows; and must not proceed past the stop line, stop here on red arrow sign or nearest or only traffic arrows (as the case may be) until the traffic arrows show a green or flashing yellow traffic arrow or no traffic arrow. 1 Red traffic arrow is defined in the dictionary. 2 This rule only applies to a driver turning left using a slip lane if the red traffic light or red traffic arrow applies to the slip lane – see Part 20, Divisions 2 and 3, especially rules 330 and 345. 3 Rule 58 deals with when a driver does not have to stop for a red traffic light. 4 The driver of a tram or a public bus does not have to stop at traffic lights showing a red traffic light if a white T light (for trams) or a white B light (for public buses) is also showing, or a white traffic arrow is showing and the driver is turning in the direction indicated by the arrow – see rules 278 and 285.

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 44 Stop here on red signal sign Stop here on red arrow sign There is another permitted version of the stop here on red signal sign – see the diagram in Schedule 3. (3) If there is a bicycle storage area before any traffic lights referred to in subrule (1) or (2), a reference to the stop line in subrule (1)(a) or (2)(a): (a) in the case of a driver of a motor vehicle, is a reference to the first stop line that the driver comes, or came, to in approaching the lights; (b) in the case of a rider of a bicycle, is a reference to the stop line that is nearest to the intersection. Note