History
Road transport law, including the rules of the road or the road rules, is set by each of the eight State and Territories in Australia due to an absence of Commonwealth power to legislate in much of that field. Historically, there were many differences between the eight different sets of traffic rules in force in Australia. The Australian Road Rules project was aimed at establishing a model set of road rules that States and Territories across Australia could adopt in their local laws to create improved national uniformity or consistency.
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