The Bike Saint's Favourite Road Rules

The NSW Road Transport (Safety & Traffic Management) Act 1999 came into force in December 1999. It incorporates the Australian Road Rules plus NSW specific provisions.

The full legislation (available from the RTA on www.rta.nsw.gov.au > traffic > road rules or on 1800 060 607 as the “Road Users’ Handbook”) is too large for most mortals to ever read. Fortunately for cyclists, Fiona Campbell has distilled from it the rules most relevant to cyclists:

The Bike Saint's Favourite Road Rules (10 pages, pdf, 188kb)

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