Road Rules
As a bicycle rider, you are driving a legal vehicle. You have the same rights and responsibilities as any other driver on the road.
Key road rules applying to cyclists include:
- cyclists can ride in bus, transit and bicycle lanes
- cyclists can ride on footpaths (unless prohibited by a sign), but must keep left and give way to pedestrians
- cyclists can ride two abreast, but must stay within 1.5m of each other
- while riding on roads, cyclists are required to use bicycle lanes where provided unless impractical to do so
- obey all traffic lights. Cyclists can ride on the road shoulder or in a traffic lane
- cyclists can overtake other vehicles on the left unless they are signalling to turn left
- cyclists must dismount and walk across pedestrian crossings and signalised crossings
- cyclists can turn right from either the right or left lane of a multi-lane roundabout. If you use the left hand lane, you must give way to traffic exiting the roundabout as you are changing lanes
- cyclists can make hook turns at intersections
- cyclists are not permitted to double a passenger unless the bicycle can properly carry a second person, eg. tandem, child seat
- you can tow a child in a properly designed bicycle trailer if are over 16 and the child is under 10 and you both wear helmets.
Further information
For more information on road rules:
Phone: (07) 3167 4402 (State Cycle and Pedestrian Area of Queensland Transport Cycling)
Web: www.transport.qld.gov.au/cycling
