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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Ah, I now see there are subtle differences in the definition of “road related area” in Victoria and NSW… <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>While the NSW rules, as written, expand the definition of “road related area” to any public space which has as it’s primary purpose use by pedestrians, the Victoria rules do not seem to do that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Though the Victoria version of the road rules includes this:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>a place that is a road by virtue of a declaration under section 3(2)(a) of the Road Safety Act 1986<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>and if you follow that rabbit hole all the way down, you get to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>(2) The Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette- <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> (a) declare any place or class of places, whether open to vehicles or not, to be or not to be a road or roads or a road related area or road related areas for the purposes of this Act;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Which means that to actually figure out what is a road or road related area in Victoria, someone will have to do an exhaustive search of the Government Gazette.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Matthew Seale <mseale1@iinet.net.au> <br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 3 October 2021 14:18<br><b>To:</b> Sebastian Azagra <s.azagra@me.com>; talk-au@openstreetmap.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [talk-au] Cycling on Victorian paths<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The full version of the Victorian Road rules can be found here (or via the link from the VicRoads website)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><a href="https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/statutory-rules/road-safety-road-rules-2017/014H">https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/statutory-rules/road-safety-road-rules-2017/014H</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>As noted in an earlier comment on this forum the Vic road rules apply in roads and road related areas – see rules 11-13. Footpaths and nature strips adjacent to roads are considered a road related areas and are subject to the footpath cycling restrictions in those areas.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>However there does not appear to be any provision in the Victorian Road Rules that I can find to extend Victorian road rules to all unmarked (I.e. the vast majority) off-road and unsealed paths in Victoria away from roads. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>