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ROAD RULES 2019 - REG 244F

Personal mobility devices not to be used on certain roads
(1)  A PMD user must not travel on –
(a) a road with a dividing line or median strip unless the road is a declared road; or
(b) a road on which the speed-limit is greater than 50 kilometres per hour; or
(c) a one-way road with more than one marked lane unless the road is a declared road.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note

Dividing line , marked lane , median strip and one-way road are defined in the dictionary.
(2)  Subrule (1) does not apply to a PMD user if –
(a) there is an obstruction on a footpath, nature strip, bicycle path or shared path adjacent to the road (the adjacent area ); and
(b) because of the obstruction, it is impracticable to travel on the adjacent area; and
(c) the PMD user travels less than 50 metres along the road to avoid the obstruction.
(3)  A PMD user must not travel on a road –
(a) that is declared, under another law of this jurisdiction, to be a road on which personal mobility devices are prohibited; or
(b) at another time if another law of this jurisdiction prohibits personal mobility devices from being on all roads, or that road, at that time.
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.
(4)  Subrules (1) and (3) do not apply to a PMD user who is crossing a road if the PMD user –
(a) crosses the road by the shortest safest route; and
(b) does not stay on the road for longer than is necessary to cross the road safely; and
(c) is not prohibited, under another law of this jurisdiction, from crossing the road in or on the personal mobility device.
(5)  In this rule –
declared road means a road that has been declared under the Traffic Act 1925 or another law of this jurisdiction to be a road on which a PMD user may travel;
road does not include a road-related area, but includes the shoulder of the road.

Note

Road-related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.



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