Road Traffic Code 2000 (WA)

Western Australia Road Traffic Act 1974 Road Traffic Code 2000 Western Australia Road Traffic Code 2000 Contents Part 1 — Preliminary 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms and abbreviations used 1 3A. Electric rideable devices 1 Part 2 — Application 4. Scope of regulations 1 4A. Minister may declare Code requirements do not apply 1 4B. Minister may designate shared zones 1 5. Infringement notices not to be issued to children under 14 1 7. Requirement to give way, effect of 1 8A. Requirement to stop as near as practicable to place, effect of 1 8. Offence against local laws not offence against this Code 1 9. Penalties 1 10. Repeal 1 Part 3 — Speed restrictions 11. Speed limits generally 1 11A. "When blank" signs 1 12. Minimum speeds on freeways 1 13. Heavy vehicles and vehicles towing trailers 1 14. Heavy vehicle speed zones 1 15. Speed restrictions for electric rideable devices 1 16. Speed restriction on bridge 1 17. Penalties for speeding 1 18. Reckless driving generally 1 18A. Evasive action in relation to speed cameras or other detection equipment 1 Part 4 — Making turns Division 1 — Left turns at intersections 19. Application of Division 1 20. Left turns (single lanes) 1 21. Left turns (multiple lanes) 1 22. Making left turn as indicated by turn line 1 Division 2 — Right turns (other than hook turns) at intersections 23. Application of Division 1 24. Right turns (two‑way, single lanes) 1 25. Right turns (one‑way, single lanes) 1 26. Right turns from multi‑lane carriageway 1 27. Making a right turn (generally) 1 Division 3 — Hook turns by bicycles or electric rideable devices at intersections 28. Optional hook turn by bicycle or electric rideable device rider 1 29. Bicycle or electric rideable device rider making hook turn contrary to sign 1 Division 4 — U turns 30. U turns on carriageway 1 31. U turns at intersection 1 32. U turns generally 1 Division 5 — Turns from a carriageway to land abutting the carriageway 33. Turns to enter abutting land 1 Part 5 — Turning and stop signals 34. Terms used 1 35. When drivers are to give signals 1 36. How drivers are to give signals 1 37. How long should hand signals be given 1 38. Use of signalling devices 1 Part 6 — Traffic‑control signals (traffic lights and twin alternating red lights) Division 1 — Obeying traffic‑control signals (traffic lights) 39. Proceeding when faced with circular green signal or green arrow 1 39A. Effect of traffic‑control signal accompanied by "one vehicle per green each lane" sign 1 40. Stopping for circular red signal or red arrow 1 41A. Motor vehicles not to enter bicycle storage area 1 41. Stopping for circular yellow signal or yellow arrow 1 42. Green arrow with red or yellow signal, effect of 1 43. Turning left on red signal 1 43A. Effect of green bicycle light with red or yellow signals 1 43B. Effect of red bicycle light with green arrow signal 1 44. What to do if signals change when intersection congested etc. 1 Division 2 — Giving way at traffic‑control signals (traffic lights) 45. Right of way during turns at intersection with traffic‑control signals 1 46. Giving way at intersection with traffic‑control signals not operating or only partly operating 1 47. Giving way at flashing yellow traffic arrow at intersection 1 48. Giving way at crossing (other than at intersection) with flashing yellow traffic‑control signal 1 Division 3 — Twin alternating red lights 49. Stopping for twin alternating red lights (except at level crossings) 1 Part 7 — Giving way Division 1 — Places with a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver 50. Stopping and giving way at stop sign or stop line at intersection without traffic‑control signals 1 51. Stopping and giving way at stop sign or stop line at other places 1 52. Giving way at give way sign or give way line at intersection 1 53. Giving way at give way sign at bridge or length of narrow carriageway 1 54. Giving way at give way sign or give way line at other places 1 Division 2 — Giving way at an intersection without traffic‑control signals or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line applying to the driver 55. Giving way at intersection (except T‑intersection or roundabout) 1 56. Giving way at T‑intersection 1 Division 3 — Entering or leaving land abutting a carriageway or road 57. Giving way when entering carriageway from land abutting carriageway or road 1 58. Giving way when entering land abutting carriageway or road from carriageway 1 Division 4 — Keeping clear of and giving way to particular vehicles 59. Giving way to public buses 1 60. Keeping clear of police and emergency vehicles 1 Division 5 — Crossings and shared zones 61. Children's crossings 1 62. Pedestrian crossings 1 63. Overtaking or passing vehicle at children's crossing or pedestrian crossing 1 64. Giving way to pedestrians in shared zone 1 Division 6 — Other give way requirements 65. Giving way when driving through break in median strip 1 66. Giving way on painted island 1 67. Giving way in median turning bay 1 68. Giving way when moving from boundary of carriageway, or parking area on or in median strip 1 Part 8 — Traffic signs and road markings Division 1 — Traffic signs and road markings at intersections and other places 69. Left turn only signs 1 70. Right turn only signs 1 71. No turns signs 1 72. No left turn and no right turn signs 1 73. Traffic lane arrows 1 Division 2 — Traffic signs and road markings generally 74. No overtaking or passing signs 1 75. No overtaking on bridge sign 1 76. Emergency stopping lane only signs 1 76A. Emergency stopping bay signs 1 77. Keep clear markings 1 78. Road access signs 1 79. Further restrictions on freeways 1 80. One‑way signs 1 81. Keep left and keep right signs 1 82. No entry signs 1 83. Hand‑held stop signs 1 Division 3 — Signs for trucks, buses and other large vehicles 84. Clearance and low clearance signs 1 85. Load limit signs 1 86. No trucks signs 1 87. Trucks must enter signs 1 88. No buses signs 1 89. Buses must enter signs 1 90. Trucks and buses low gear signs 1 91A. Safety ramp and arrester bed signs 1 Part 9 — Roundabouts 91. Terms used 1 92. Entering multi‑lane roundabout 1 93. Indicating left when entering roundabout 1 94. Indicating right when entering roundabout 1 95. Right of way in roundabout 1 96. Driving through roundabout 1 97. Obeying marked arrows when driving in or leaving roundabout 1 98. Indicating when changing lanes or lines of traffic in roundabout 1 99. Indicating left when leaving roundabout 1 100. Rider of bicycle, electric rideable device or animal to give way to vehicle leaving roundabout 1 Part 10 — Level crossings 101. Stopping at level crossing 1 102. Approaching trains 1 103. Giving way at level crossing 1 104. What to do if traffic is congested 1 105. Leaving level crossing 1 106. Stopping at level crossing when vehicle is carrying dangerous goods 1 107. Driving around boom gates 1 Part 11 — Keeping left, overtaking and other driving provisions Division 1 — General 108. Obstruction of vehicles and pedestrians 1 109. Keeping safe distance behind vehicles 1 110. Keeping minimum distance between long vehicles 1 111. No entry to choked intersection 1 Division 2 — Keeping to the left 112. Keeping as far left as practicable 1 113. Restriction on use of right lane 1 114. Keeping to left of oncoming vehicles 1 115. Keeping to left of marked or unmarked two‑way carriageway 1 116. Keeping to left of continuous dividing lines 1 117. Keeping to left of median strip 1 118. Service roads 1 119. Driving on or across median strip, painted island etc. 1 120. Avoiding obstructions on carriageway 1 Division 3 — Overtaking 121. No overtaking unless safe to do so 1 122. Overtaking 1 123. Passing or overtaking vehicle displaying do not overtake turning vehicle sign 1 124. Keeping safe distance when overtaking 1 124A. Keeping safe distance when passing rideable device 1 125. Courtesy when overtaking 1 Division 4 — Driving in marked lanes or lines of traffic 126. Driving in single lane on carriageway 1 127. Moving from one marked lane to another marked lane across continuous line separating lanes 1 128. Giving way when lines of traffic merge into single line of traffic 1 129. Driving on or across continuous white edge line 1 130. Riding certain vehicles alongside more than 1 other rider 1 130A. Rider of motor cycle not to ride next to other vehicles except in certain circumstances 1 130B. When rider of a motor cycle is lawfully lane filtering 1 Division 5 — Obeying overhead traffic‑control signals applying to marked lanes 131. Overhead traffic‑control signals 1 Division 6 — Driving in marked lanes designated for special purposes 132. Bicycle lanes 1 133. Bus lanes 1 133A. Busways 1 134. Transit lanes 1 135. Truck lanes 1 136. Exceptions to driving in special purpose lanes etc. 1 137. Marked lanes required to be used by particular kinds of vehicles 1 Division 6A — Stationary incident response vehicles 137A. Approaching and passing stationary incident response vehicles 1 Division 7 — Freight containers 138A. Freight container not to be driven on prohibited road 1 138B. Signs 1 Part 12 — Restrictions on stopping and parking Division 1 — General 138. Stopping in an emergency etc. or to comply with another regulation 1 139. Application of this Part to bicycles and electric rideable devices 1 Division 2 — No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines 140. No stopping signs 1 141. No parking signs 1 142. No stopping on carriageway with yellow edge line 1 Division 3 — Stopping at intersections and crossings 143. Prohibited stopping places 1 144. Stopping on or near children's crossing or pedestrian crossing 1 145. Stopping on or near marked foot crossing (except at intersection) 1 146. Stopping at or near bicycle crossing lights (except at intersection) 1 147. Stopping on or near level crossing 1 Division 4 — Stopping on clearways and freeways and in emergency stopping bays and lanes and red X lanes 148. Stopping on clearway 1 149. Stopping on freeway 1 150. Stopping in emergency stopping bay, emergency stopping lane or red X lane 1 Division 5 — Stopping in zones for particular vehicles 151. Stopping in loading zone 1 152. Stopping in truck zone 1 153. Stopping in works zone etc. 1 154. Stopping in taxi zone or bus zone 1 155. Stopping in mail zone 1 156. Other limitations in zones 1 Division 6 — Other places where stopping is restricted 157. Stopping in bus lane, transit lane, truck lane or bicycle lane 1 158. Stopping in shared zone 1 159. Double parking 1 160. Stopping near obstruction 1 161. Stopping on bridge or in tunnel etc. 1 162. Restriction on stopping vehicle on crests, curves etc. 1 163. Stopping near fire hydrant etc. 1 164. Stopping at or near bus stop 1 165. Stopping on path, dividing strip, nature strip or painted island 1 166. Obstructing access to and from path, driveway etc. 1 167. Stopping near letter box 1 168. Stopping on carriageway — heavy and long vehicles 1 169. Stopping on carriageway with bicycle parking sign 1 170. Stopping on carriageway with motor cycle parking sign 1 171. Stopping in parking area for people with disabilities 1 Division 7 — Permissive parking signs and parking fees 172. Information on or with permissive parking signs 1 173A. Parking outside times indicated 1 173. Parking for longer than indicated 1 174. Time extension for people with disabilities 1 175. Parking where fees are payable 1 Division 8 — Parallel parking 176. Parallel parking on carriageway (except in median strip parking area) 1 177. Parallel parking in median strip parking area 1 Division 9 — Angle parking 178. Angle parking 1 Division 10 — Other parking related provisions 179. Parking in parking bays 1 180. Entering and leaving median strip parking area 1 181. Making motor vehicle secure 1 Part 13 — Lights and warning devices Division 1 — Lights on motor vehicles 182. Lights on moving motor vehicles 1 183. Using fog lights 1 184. Lights on towed vehicles 1 185. Using headlights on high‑beam 1 186. Lights not to be used to dazzle other road users 1 187. Using lights on some stopped vehicles 1 188. Using hazard warning lights 1 Division 2 — Lights on animal‑drawn vehicles 189. Lights on animal‑drawn vehicles during hours of darkness or in hazardous weather conditions 1 Division 3 — Horns 190. Use of horns etc. 1 Division 4 — Portable warning signs for heavy vehicles 191. Portable warning signs for disabled heavy vehicles 1 192. Fallen loadings from heavy vehicles requiring signs 1 193. Restriction on flashing warning lights 1 Part 14 — Pedestrians Division 1 — General 194. No pedestrians signs 1 195. Pedestrians on road with road access sign 1 196. Crossing carriageway — general 1 197. Crossing at pedestrian lights 1 198. Crossing carriageway with traffic‑control signals that do not include pedestrian lights 1 199. Crossing carriageway on or near crossing for pedestrians 1 200. Crossing level crossing 1 201. Pedestrians not to cause obstruction 1 202. Getting on or into moving vehicle 1 203. Pedestrians travelling along carriageway (except in or on wheeled recreational device, motorised scooter or wheeled toy) 1 204. Pedestrians on part of path designated for bicycles only 1 205. Games on roads 1 Division 2 — Persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices, motorised scooters and wheeled toys 206. Wheeled recreational devices, motorised scooters and wheeled toys prohibited on certain carriageways and where no wheeled devices signs apply 1 207. Travelling in or on wheeled recreational device, motorised scooter or wheeled toy on carriageway 1 208. Travelling in or on wheeled recreational device, motorised scooter or wheeled toy on footpath or shared path 1 209. Travelling in or on wheeled recreational device or motorised scooter on separated footpath or bicycle path 1 209A. Protective helmets to be worn on motorised scooters 1 209B. Travel in hours of darkness or in hazardous weather 1 210. Towing of wheeled recreational devices, motorised scooters and toys 1 210A. Proper control of motorised scooters 1 Part 15 — Additional provisions for bicycles, electric rideable devices and electric personal transporters (EPTs) Division 1 — Bicycles and electric rideable devices 210B. Electric rideable devices prohibited on certain carriageways 1 211. Riding bicycles and electric rideable devices 1 212. Carrying persons or animals on bicycles or electric rideable devices 1 213. Riding in bicycle lane 1 214. Riding across a crossing 1 215A. Entering bicycle storage area on bicycle or electric rideable device 1 215B. Giving way while entering or in bicycle storage area 1 215. Riding on wrong part of separated footpath 1 216. Paths 1 217. Riding to left of oncoming bicycles or electric rideable devices on path 1 218. No bicycles signs and markings 1 218A. No wheeled devices signs 1 219. Riders of bicycles and electric rideable devices not to cause obstruction 1 220. Towing of bicycles or electric rideable devices 1 221. Riding too close behind motor vehicle 1 222. Riders of bicycles to wear and ensure passengers wear protective helmets 1 223A. Passengers on bicycles to wear protective helmets 1 223B. Riders of electric rideable devices to wear protective helmets 1 223. Riding with person on bicycle trailer 1 224. Lights and other equipment on bicycles and electric rideable devices 1 225. Red bicycle crossing lights 1 226. Stopping for yellow bicycle crossing light 1 227. Proceeding when bicycle crossing lights change to yellow or red 1 228. Minimum age to ride power assisted pedal cycle or electric rideable device 1 229. Proper control of bicycles and electric rideable devices 1 229A. Electric rideable device must not have sharp protrusions 1 Division 2 — Electric personal transporters (EPTs) Subdivision 1 — Preliminary 230A. Terms used 1 230B. EPTs and EPT use areas 1 Subdivision 2 — Provisions for EPT riders 230C. EPTs to be ridden in EPT use areas only 1 230D. Riders to be at least 12 years of age 1 230E. EPT to be supplied and supervised by commercial operator 1 230F. Riders to wear protective helmets 1 230G. Towing of EPTs prohibited 1 230H. Riding EPTs 1 230I. No passengers or animals on EPTs 1 230J. EPT rider not to cause obstruction 1 Subdivision 3 — Provisions for commercial operators of EPTs 230K. EPTs not to be able to exceed 10 km/h and to be fitted with warning devices 1 230L. EPTs only to be for supervised tours or during training for supervised tours 1 230M. Supervised tours 1 230N. Records to be kept and supplied on demand 1 Part 16 — Persons travelling on or in a vehicle Division 1 — Preliminary 230. Terms used 1 231. Medical certificate 1 Division 2 — Requirement to wear seatbelts, etc. 232. Driver to wear seatbelt 1 233. Wearing of seatbelts by passengers 16 years old or older 1 234. Wearing of seatbelts by passengers under 16 years old 1 235. Specific exemptions from wearing seatbelts and defences 1 235A. Penalties for seatbelt offences by driver 1 Division 4 — Exceptions 240. Exemptions 1 241. Police to consider safety of alleged offenders 1 Division 5 — Other duties 242. Body or limbs protruding from vehicles 1 243. Opening doors and alighting from vehicles 1 244. Drivers and pillion passengers upon motor cycles to wear protective helmets 1 245. Motor cycle rider to be properly seated 1 246A. Passengers on 2‑wheeled motor cycles 1 246B. Passengers on trikes and motor cycles with sidecars 1 246. Interfering with driver's control of vehicle 1 Part 17 — Additional provisions for drivers of public buses etc., in bus lanes 247A. Application of this Part 1 247. Stopping for red B light 1 248. Stopping for yellow B light 1 249. Exception to stopping for red or yellow B light 1 250. Proceeding after stopping for red or yellow B light 1 251. Proceeding when traffic‑control signal shows circular red light and white B light or white traffic arrow is showing 1 252. Proceeding when white B light or white arrow is no longer showing 1 Part 18 — Miscellaneous provisions Division 1 — Miscellaneous provisions for drivers 253. Driving on paths 1 254. Driving on nature strip 1 255. Creating excessive noise 1 256. Putting glass etc. on roads 1 257. Securing of loads 1 258. Evidentiary provisions relating to securing of loads 1 259. Selling papers and cars, hitch‑hiking etc. 1 260. Requirement to have wheels or tracks 1 261. Driving backwards 1 263. Drivers to have uninterrupted and undistracted views etc. 1 264A. Dogs etc. on motor cycles 1 264. Use of visual display units etc. in vehicle 1 265. Use of mobile phones 1 Division 2 — Provisions for people in charge of animals 267. Leading animals 1 268. Rider of animal on footpath or nature strip to give way to pedestrians 1 269. Riding animal alongside more than one other rider 1 270. Proper control of animals 1 Division 3 — Directions by police and authorised persons 271. Authorised person to be declared 1 272. Obedience to police or authorised persons 1 273. Directions by police 1 Division 4 — Unattended and unauthorised vehicles and stock on roads 275. Unattended stock on roads 1 276. Restrictions on driving of stock 1 277. Permit for driving of stock 1 Division 5 — Towing 278. Towing a vehicle, trailer etc. 1 279. Towed vehicles, trailers etc. 1 Part 19 — Exemptions, specific local and transitional provisions Division 1 — Exemptions 280. Exemption for drivers of emergency vehicles (police officers) 1 281. Exemption for drivers of emergency vehicles (other) 1 282A. Exemption for drivers of vehicles used in police driver training 1 282. Stopping and parking exemption for emergency vehicles, police vehicles and authorised persons 1 283. Exemption for police and emergency workers on foot or on patrol 1 284. General exemptions from seatbelt provisions 1 285. Exemption for road workers etc. 1 285A. Exemption for operators of certain measuring equipment 1 286. Exemption for oversize vehicles 1 287. Exemption for tow truck drivers 1 288A. Exemption for motor break‑down service vehicles 1 288B. Exemption for Main Roads incident response service 1 288. Exemption for postal vehicles 1 289. Exemption for certain vehicles displaying flashing warning lights 1 Division 2 — Specific local provisions 290. Processions and public meetings 1 291. Temporary closure of or restriction on use of roads 1 292. Restrictions on traffic in pedestrian mall 1 292A. Directions when road under repair etc. 1 Division 3 — Stop lines and give way lines 293. Stop signs and stop lines 1 294. Give way signs and give way lines 1 Part 20 — General 295. Authorisation to be in writing 1 296. Delineation of parking areas etc. 1 297. Power to erect traffic‑control signals and road signs 1 298. Unauthorised use of various traffic‑related items 1 299. Limits on operation of signs 1 300. All traffic‑control signals and traffic signs to be operative 1 301. Inscriptions on signs to have effect according to their tenor 1 302. Variations in traffic signs etc. 1 303A. Audible lines 1 303. Operation of signs on holidays 1 304. Symbols, lights and traffic related items etc. 1 305. Representations of traffic signs, traffic‑control signals, symbols etc. in these regulations 1 306. References to pedestrians or relevant riders crossing carriageway 1 Schedule 1 — Abbreviations and symbols Schedule 2 — Standard or commonly used traffic signs Schedule 3 — Other permitted traffic signs Schedule 4 — Symbols, lights and traffic‑related items Schedule 5 — O'Connor Industrial Area Notes Compilation table 1 Uncommenced provisions table 1 Other notes 1 Defined terms Road Traffic Act 1974 Road Traffic Code 2000