Queensland · Your Keys to Driving in Queensland · chapter 10 · 32 min read

Safe Road Use

• wear an approved bicycle helmet that is securely fitted (unless an exemption has been granted for medical or religious reasons)
• not carry passengers
• not use a mobile device
• not drink and ride
• have a working flashing or steady white light at the front, a red light and a red reflector at the rear to use at night or in hazardous conditions. When riding on a path, you must:
• keep left and give way to pedestrians
• travel at a speed that allows you to stop safely to avoid colliding with a pedestrian.
• travel at a safe distance from a pedestrian so you can avoid a collision.
• keep left to oncoming bicycles and other rideables
• only use the bicycle side of a shared path. Rideables should be used on paths wherever possible and riders have obligations to ride in a safe and respectful way, especially when interacting with pedestrians. Some limited access to roads is permitted but only in specific circumstances. For example, you can use your rideable to cross a road or avoid an obstruction on a path for up to 50m. You can also ride on local streets, where it is safe to do so. A local street is a road with a speed limit of 50km/h or less. It must have no dividing line or median strip and if is it is a one-way road, it can’t have more than one lane. You must not ride on main roads or streets in CBD areas. When permitted to ride on a street you must keep as far to the left side of the road as practicable. Just like bicycle riders, you may ride alongside one other person or vehicle travelling on a road in the same direction. However, you must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver or unreasonably obstruct the path of any other road user. You can’t:
• be towed by another vehicle
• hold on to the back of another vehicle
• ride within 2m of the rear of a moving motor vehicle continuously for more than 200m.

You must not travel past a ‘Personal mobility devices prohibited’ sign—your local council or land owners may prohibit rideables in areas like malls, esplanades or jetties. A sign like the one on the right will be displayed in these areas. use such as some mal these areas and PMD

If you are using a hired rideable you must leave your device in a safe and responsible way having regard for other path users. For more information on rideables, please visit www.qld.gov.au.

Quad bikes and utility off-road vehicles A quad bike is a four-wheeled motorbike designed to travel on four low-pressure tyres, with a seat designed to be straddled by the operator, and handlebars for steering control. A utility off-road vehicle is a two to six person vehicle based on a quad bike but with a side-by-side bucket seating arrangement and steering wheel. To operate quad bikes and utility off-road vehicles on a road or road-related area:

• the vehicle must be conditionally registered.
• the driver and passenger must at all times wear an approved motorcycle helmet. The driver must not allow children under the age of 8 to be carried as passengers, as well as any child of any age if they are unable to sit with their feet flat on the floor and hands on handholds. Further information on the operation and conditional registration of quad bikes and utility off-road vehicles, including vehicle information sheets, please visit www.qld.gov.au.

• Safe road use
• Sharing with other road users
• Driving safely in tunnels
• Stopping
• Hazards
• Driver fatigue
• Correct seatbelt and child restraint use
• Towing a trailer or caravan
• What to do at a crash