sec.289Driving on a nature strip

sec.289 Driving on a nature strip

A driver must not drive on a nature strip adjacent to a length of road in a built-up area, unless the driver is— entering or leaving, by the shortest practicable route, an area on the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as an area where vehicles may drive; or driving on a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or driving on the nature strip to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or riding a bicycle, a personal mobility device or an animal; or driving a ride-on lawnmower that is cutting grass on the nature strip. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver driving on a nature strip (except the rider of an animal, or a driver driving on the nature strip to enter a road from a road-related area or adjacent land, or to enter a road-related area or adjacent land from a road) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the nature strip. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. s 289 amd 2022 Act No. 19 s 37 ; 2022 SL No. 142 s 94 (sec.289-ssec.1) A driver must not drive on a nature strip adjacent to a length of road in a built-up area, unless the driver is— entering or leaving, by the shortest practicable route, an area on the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as an area where vehicles may drive; or driving on a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or driving on the nature strip to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or riding a bicycle, a personal mobility device or an animal; or driving a ride-on lawnmower that is cutting grass on the nature strip. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.289-ssec.2) A driver driving on a nature strip (except the rider of an animal, or a driver driving on the nature strip to enter a road from a road-related area or adjacent land, or to enter a road-related area or adjacent land from a road) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the nature strip. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

• (a) entering or leaving, by the shortest practicable route, an area on the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as an area where vehicles may drive; or
• (b) driving on a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or
• (c) driving on the nature strip to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or