Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
sec.132Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line
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sec.132 Keeping to the left of the centre of a road or the dividing line
A driver on a two-way road without a dividing line or median strip must drive to the left of the centre of the road, except as permitted under section 133 , 139 (1) or 139A (1) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver on a road with a dividing line (exce pt 2 continuous dividing lines) must drive to the left of the dividing line, except as permitted under section 134 , 134A , 139 (2) or 139A (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver on a road with a single continuous dividing line, a single continuous dividing line to the left of a broken dividing line or 2 parallel continuous dividing lines must not drive across the dividing lines to perform a U-turn. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver on a road with 2 continuous dividing lines must drive to the left of the dividing lines, except as permitted under section 139 (2) or 139A (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. This section, and sections 133 , 134 , 134A , 139 (1) and (2) and 139A apply to a service road to which a two-way sign applies as if it were a separate road, but do not apply to any other service road. In this section— road does not include a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path, separated footpath or shared path. s 132 amd 2013 SL No. 192 s 18 ; 2014 SL No. 26 s 6 ; 2024 SL No. 225 s 7 (sec.132-ssec.1) A driver on a two-way road without a dividing line or median strip must drive to the left of the centre of the road, except as permitted under section 133 , 139 (1) or 139A (1) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.132-ssec.2) A driver on a road with a dividing line (exce pt 2 continuous dividing lines) must drive to the left of the dividing line, except as permitted under section 134 , 134A , 139 (2) or 139A (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.132-ssec.2A) A driver on a road with a single continuous dividing line, a single continuous dividing line to the left of a broken dividing line or 2 parallel continuous dividing lines must not drive across the dividing lines to perform a U-turn. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.132-ssec.3) A driver on a road with 2 continuous dividing lines must drive to the left of the dividing lines, except as permitted under section 139 (2) or 139A (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.132-ssec.4) This section, and sections 133 , 134 , 134A , 139 (1) and (2) and 139A apply to a service road to which a two-way sign applies as if it were a separate road, but do not apply to any other service road. (sec.132-ssec.5) In this section— road does not include a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path, separated footpath or shared path.