New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

2.5 Changing direction

• (1) A driver intending to turn to enter another roadway or a vehicle entrance to the left must—

  • (a) move as far as practicable to the left side of the roadway before reaching the point at which the driver intends to turn; and

  • (b) keep as close as practicable to the left side of the road-way throughout the turn.

  (2) A driver intending to turn to enter another roadway or a vehicle entrance to the right must—

  • (a) move as far as practicable to the right without encroaching on any lanes that are unavailable to the driver (or, in the case of a roadway not marked in lanes, without encroaching over the middle of the roadway) before reaching the point at which the driver intends to turn; and

  • (b) turn as directly as possible to a similar position on any roadway the driver enters.

  (3) A driver is not in breach of subclause (2) if the driver proves that, in the interests of safety, the driver moved as far as practicable to the left of the roadway on which the driver was travelling and slowed or stopped the vehicle in advance of the point where he or she intended to turn right until the roadway was clear of traffic turning right from the centre of the road and it was safe to turn.

  Compare: SR 1976/227 r 7(1), (2)