Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
sec.260Stopping a bicycle or personal mobility device for a red bicycle crossing light
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sec.260 Stopping a bicycle or personal mobility device for a red bicycle crossing light
The rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device approaching or at an intersection, or another place on a road or road-related area, with bicycle crossing lights must comply with this section. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. If the bicycle crossing lights show a red bicycle crossing light and the rider has not already started crossing the intersection or place, the rider must not start to cross until— the bicycle crossing lights change to green; or there is no red or yellow bicycle crossing light showing. In this section— road includes any shoulder of the road. s 260 sub 2014 SL No. 279 s 25 amd 2022 SL No. 142 s 88 (sec.260-ssec.1) The rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device approaching or at an intersection, or another place on a road or road-related area, with bicycle crossing lights must comply with this section. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.260-ssec.2) If the bicycle crossing lights show a red bicycle crossing light and the rider has not already started crossing the intersection or place, the rider must not start to cross until— the bicycle crossing lights change to green; or there is no red or yellow bicycle crossing light showing. (sec.260-ssec.3) In this section— road includes any shoulder of the road.
- (a) the bicycle crossing lights change to green; or
- (b) there is no red or yellow bicycle crossing light showing.