sec.146Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

sec.146 Driving within a single marked lane or line of traffic

A driver on a multi-lane road must drive so the driver’s vehicle is completely in a marked lane, unless the driver is— entering a part of the road of 1 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 entering or leaving the road; or moving from 1 marked lane to another marked lane; or avoiding an obstruction; or obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or permitted to drive in more than 1 marked lane under this regulation; or passing the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and the driver’s vehicle is not completely in a marked lane in order to comply with section 144A (1) for the passing of the rider; or lane filtering in compliance with section 151A ; or Only the rider of a motorbike may lane filter. passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. 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— it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or the driver is entering a part of the road of 1 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 the driver is entering or leaving the road; or the driver is moving from 1 line of traffic to another line of traffic; or the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or the driver is passing a bicycle or a personal mobility device that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and the driver’s vehicle is not completely in a single line of traffic in order to comply with section 144A (1) for the passing of the rider; or the driver is lane filtering in compliance with section 151A ; or the driver is passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. s 146 amd 2014 SL No. 26 s 11 ; 2014 SL No. 325 s 10 ; 2022 SL No. 122 s 14 ; 2022 SL No. 142 s 48 (sec.146-ssec.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— entering a part of the road of 1 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 entering or leaving the road; or moving from 1 marked lane to another marked lane; or avoiding an obstruction; or obeying a traffic control device applying to the marked lane; or permitted to drive in more than 1 marked lane under this regulation; or passing the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and the driver’s vehicle is not completely in a marked lane in order to comply with section 144A (1) for the passing of the rider; or lane filtering in compliance with section 151A ; or Only the rider of a motorbike may lane filter. passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.146-ssec.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— it is not practicable to drive completely in a single line of traffic; or the driver is entering a part of the road of 1 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 the driver is entering or leaving the road; or the driver is moving from 1 line of traffic to another line of traffic; or the driver is avoiding an obstruction; or the driver is passing a bicycle or a personal mobility device that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and the driver’s vehicle is not completely in a single line of traffic in order to comply with section 144A (1) for the passing of the rider; or the driver is lane filtering in compliance with section 151A ; or the driver is passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) . Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.