Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716:clause:4_131
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 131
Character Range: 181500–183006

131  Keeping to the left of oncoming vehicles
 (1) A driver  must drive to the left of any oncoming vehicle unless:
 (a) the driver is turning right at an intersection; and
 (b) the driver is passing an oncoming vehicle turning right at the intersection; and
 (c) there is no traffic sign or road marking indicating that the driver must pass to the left of the oncoming vehicle.
Offence provision.
Note 1: Intersection, oncoming vehicle, road marking and traffic sign are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2: Part 4, Division 2 deals with making right turns.
 (2) This rule does not apply to the rider of a motor bike that is a postal vehicle, the rider of a bicycle or the rider of an animal if:
 (a) the rider is riding on a footpath, nature strip or shared path; and
 (b) the rider is permitted to ride on the footpath, nature strip or shared path under the Australian Road Rules or another law of this jurisdiction; and
 (c) either:
 (i) the oncoming vehicle is not on the footpath, nature strip or shared path; or
 (ii) the oncoming vehicle is not permitted, under the Australian Road Rules or under another law of this jurisdiction, to be on the footpath, nature strip or shared path.
Note: Bicycle, footpath, motor bike, nature strip and postal vehicle are defined in the dictionary and shared path is defined in rule 242.
Examples
Example 1                                   Example 2

Driving to the left of an oncoming vehicle  Oncoming vehicles turning right passing to the right of each other