Cycling Information
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Queensland Road Rules
The Queensland Road Rules detail how cyclists should behave as users of roads and paths. Queensland Transport's website has detailed those road rules which directly affect cyclists, including tricky subjects such as behaviour on roundabouts, doing hook turns, and the legal requirements for lighting at night.
To read the current Queensland Road Rules and some other useful cycling information please see the Queensland Government cycle instead web pages.
Reporting Dangerous Drivers
Cyclists who suffer dangerous or deliberate intimidation by drivers are encouraged to make complaints to the Qld Police Service about dangerous drivers as well as hot spots where dangerous driving behaviours have been observed.
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) now uses a software system called QPRIME to record and action traffic complaints. The system, which went live in May 2006, replaces the TRACs system. The new system essentially links all entities to the complaint such as informants, occurrence addresses and suspect persons and vehicles. The system accommodates generalised complaints such as speeding or hooning activity as well as specific type complaints.The new system enables police to improve analysis and detection in the traffic complaint area especially with repeat offenders and direct resources where they are needed the most.
If a person wants to make a traffic complaint they can phone their local police station, although sometimes a personal visit to the station is required in order to verify the informant’s details. The informant’s details are recorded onto QPRIME along with the location of the complaint and any suspect and vehicle. All information recorded onto QPRIME is confidential and informants are not identified to any other party. An electronic task is created to a supervisor to check the complaint details and the traffic complaint is detailed to an officer to action. Enforcement may take place over a period of days or even weeks and Officers are required to continually update action taken by electronically updating reports attached to the complaint.
When you make a traffic complaint ask to be given the QPRIME number. This number is generated by QPRIME can be given to you later, even by telephone or email. The number will enable police anywhere in Queensland to locate the file when you inquire about progress on your complaint at a later date.