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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 81

Giving way at a pedestrian crossing

81 Giving way at a pedestrian crossing

(1) A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must drive at a speed at which the driver can, if necessary, stop safely before the crossing.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(2) A driver must give way to any pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on or entering a pedestrian crossing.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
(3) A
"pedestrian crossing" is an area of a road—
(a) at a place with white stripes on the road surface that—
(i) run lengthwise along the road; and
(ii) are of approximately the same length; and
(iii) are approximately parallel to each other; and
(iv) are in a row that extends completely, or partly, across the road; and
(b) with or without either or both of the following—
(i) a pedestrian crossing sign;
(ii) alternating flashing twin yellow lights.
Examples—

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