(1)  A pedestrian must not cross a road, or part of a road, within 20 metres of a crossing on the road, except at the crossing or another crossing, unless the pedestrian is –

(a) crossing, or helping another pedestrian to cross, an area of the road between tram tracks and the far left side of the road to get on, or after getting off, a tram or public bus; or

(b) crossing to or from a safety zone; or

(c) crossing at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross diagonally sign ; or

(d) crossing in a shared zone; or

(e) crossing a road, or a part of a road, from which vehicles are excluded, either permanently or temporarily.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note : Intersection , public bus , traffic lights , tram and tram tracks are defined in the dictionary, safety zone is defined in rule 162 , and shared zone is defined in rule 24 .

(2)  A pedestrian must not stay on a crossing on a road for longer than necessary to cross the road safely.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(3)  Subrule (2) does not apply to a person who is helping pedestrians cross a road at a crossing if the person is permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction.

(4)  In this rule –

crossing means a children’s crossing, marked foot crossing or pedestrian crossing.

Note : Children’s crossing is defined in rule 80 , marked foot crossing is defined in the dictionary, and pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81.

Pedestrians may cross diagonally sign

Note for diagram : There is another permitted version of this sign – see the diagram in Schedule 3 .