Road Traffic General Bye-Laws (Amendment) Regulations, 1983

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 275/1983
• Year: 1983

S.I. No. 275 of 1983.

ROAD TRAFFIC GENERAL BYE-LAWS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1983.

The Minister for the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 5 of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 (No. 24 of 1961) and section 60 of the Road Traffic Act, 1968 (No. 25 of 1968) hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Road Traffic General Bye-Laws (Amendment) Regulations, 1983. 2. The Road Traffic General Bye-Laws 1964 ( S.I. No. 294 of 1964 ) are hereby amended by the addition after Part VI of the following matter:—

"Part VII

Motorways

39. In this Part—

"direction of traffic flow" means—

(a) the direction in which a vehicle proceeds forwards along a carriageway so that the median strip is at all times on the right hand side of the vehicle,

(b) where no median strip is provided, the direction in which a vehicle proceeds along a carriageway so that having entered the carriageway without contravening article 7 of the Road Traffic General Bye-Laws, 1964 it proceeds in the same direction along the carriageway;

"left hand side" and "right hand side" shall be determined by facing in the direction of traffic flow;

"median strip" means that part of a motorway which separates two carriageways on a motorway running parallel or approximately parallel to each other;

"motorway" has the meaning assigned to it in section 1 of the Local Government (Roads and Motorways) Act, 1974 (No. 6 of 1974);

"carriageway" means that part of a motorway which is provided for the passage of vehicles and the left hand edge of which is indicated by means of an authorised continuous yellow line and the right hand edge of which is indicated by means of an authorised continuous white line.

40. (1) A driver on a motorway shall not—

(a) drive a vehicle against the direction of traffic flow,

(b) drive a vehicle on or across any part of the motorway which is not a carriageway,

(c) stop or park a vehicle on any part of the motorway,

(d) drive a vehicle of a class for which an ordinary speed limit of not more than 40 mph is prescribed by regulations under section 44 (1) of the Road Traffic Act, 1961 in the traffic lane nearest the right hand edge of a carriageway having more than one traffic lane except where it is necessary to proceed in that lane due to an obstruction or because another lane or lanes is or are for the time being closed to traffic.

(2) A prohibition imposed by paragraphs (b) or (c) of sub-article...