Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 232

232 Crossing a road at traffic lights

(1) A pedestrian approaching or at an intersection, or another place on a road, with traffic lights, but without pedestrian lights must comply with this section.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) If the traffic lights show a red or yellow traffic light and the pedestrian has not already started crossing the intersection or road, the pedestrian must not start to cross until—

(a) the traffic lights change to green or flashing yellow; or

(b) there is no red traffic light showing.

(3) If, while the pedestrian is crossing the road, the traffic lights change to yellow or red, the pedestrian must not stay on the road for longer than necessary to cross safely to the nearer (in the direction of travel of the pedestrian) of the following—

(a) a dividing strip, safety zone, or traffic island, forming part of the area set aside or used by pedestrians to cross the road at the intersection or place (a
"safety area" );

(b) the far side of the road.

(3A) Despite subsection (3) , the pedestrian may instead return to the side of the road, or a safety area, that the pedestrian has just left, but only if—

(a) at the time the lights change, that side or safety area is closer to the pedestrian than the side or safety area the pedestrian was approaching at the time; and

(b) the pedestrian does not stay on the road for longer than is necessary to return to that side or safety area.

(4) If, under subsection (3) or (3A) , the pedestrian crosses, or returns, to a safety area, the pedestrian must remain in the safety area until—

(a) the traffic lights change to green or flashing yellow; or

(b) there is no red traffic light showing.

(5) In this section—

"road" does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.