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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 236

236—Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction

        (1)         A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver.

Offence provision.

        (2)         A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.

Offence provision.

        (3)         For subrule (2), a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians.

        (4)         A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road to—

            (a)         solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or

            (b)         hitchhike; or

            (c)         display an advertisement; or

            (d)         sell or offer articles for sale; or

            (e)         wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, the windscreen of a vehicle.

Offence provision.

        (5)         A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on a road.

Offence provision.

        (6)         Subrules (4) and (5) do not apply to the carrying on of an activity permitted by another law of this jurisdiction.

        (7)         In this rule—

"road" includes any shoulder of the road, and any median strip, painted island or traffic island, but does not include any other road-related area.

Note—

"Median strip", "painted island" and "traffic island" are defined in the dictionary, "shoulder" is defined in rule 12, and "road-related area" is defined in rule 13.



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