sec.150Driving on or across a continuous white edge line

sec.150 Driving on or across a continuous white edge line

A driver must not drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road unless subsection (1A) , (1B) or (1C) applies to the driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver may drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road if the driver is— overtaking a vehicle that is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and is giving a right change of direction signal; or driving a slow-moving vehicle, and it is necessary for the driver to drive on or over the edge line to allow the vehicle to be overtaken or passed by another vehicle; or driving a vehicle that is too wide, or too long, to drive on the road without driving on or over the edge line; or avoiding an obstruction; or passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) . A driver may drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road for up to 100m if the driver is— turning at an intersection; or entering or leaving the road; or 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, a shoulder of the road or an emergency stopping lane); or stopping at the side of the road (including any shoulder of the road). The rider of a motorbike may ride on or over a continuous white edge line on a road if the rider is edge filtering in compliance with section 151B . This section does not apply to the rider of a bicycle, a personal mobility device or an animal. For this section, a driver drives over a continuous white edge line on a road if— for a line on the far left side of the road—the driver’s vehicle is completely or partly to the left of the line; or for a line on the far right side of the road—the driver’s vehicle is completely or partly to the right of the line. s 150 amd 2011 SL No. 3 s 7 ; 2014 SL No. 325 s 12 ; 2022 SL No. 122 s 16 ; 2022 SL No. 142 s 50 (sec.150-ssec.1) A driver must not drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road unless subsection (1A) , (1B) or (1C) applies to the driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.150-ssec.1A) A driver may drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road if the driver is— overtaking a vehicle that is turning right, or making a U-turn from the centre of the road, and is giving a right change of direction signal; or driving a slow-moving vehicle, and it is necessary for the driver to drive on or over the edge line to allow the vehicle to be overtaken or passed by another vehicle; or driving a vehicle that is too wide, or too long, to drive on the road without driving on or over the edge line; or avoiding an obstruction; or passing an emergency response vehicle under section 78A (2) or (4) . (sec.150-ssec.1B) A driver may drive on or over a continuous white edge line on a road for up to 100m if the driver is— turning at an intersection; or entering or leaving the road; or 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, a shoulder of the road or an emergency stopping lane); or stopping at the side of the road (including any shoulder of the road). (sec.150-ssec.1C) The rider of a motorbike may ride on or over a continuous white edge line on a road if the rider is edge filtering in compliance with section 151B . (sec.150-ssec.2) This section does not apply to the rider of a bicycle, a personal mobility device or an animal. (sec.150-ssec.3) For this section, a driver drives over a continuous white edge line on a road if— for a line on the far left side of the road—the driver’s vehicle is completely or partly to the left of the line; or for a line on the far right side of the road—the driver’s vehicle is completely or partly to the right of the line.