(1)  A driver entering a road from a road-related area, or adjacent land, without traffic lights or a stop sign , stop line, give way sign or give way line must give way to –

(a) any vehicle travelling on the road or turning into the road (except a vehicle turning right into the road from a road-related area or adjacent land); and

(b) any pedestrian on the road; and

(c) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road-related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; and

(d) for a driver entering the road from a road-related area –

(i) any pedestrian on the road-related area; and

(ii) any other vehicle ahead of the driver's vehicle or approaching from the left or right.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

Note 1 : Adjacent land , give way line , stop line and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary, and road-related area is defined in rule 13 .

Note 2 : Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre – see the definitions of adjacent land and road-related area . Some shopping centres may include roads – see the definition of road in rule 12 .

Note 3 : Part 6 applies to the driver if there are traffic lights. Rule 68 applies to the driver if there is a stop sign or stop line, and rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.

Note 4 : For this rule, give way means the driver must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision – see the definition in the dictionary.

(2)  In this rule –

road does not include a road-related area.

Note : A road-related area includes any shoulder of a road – see rule 13 .

Example

Driver entering a road from a road-related area giving way to a pedestrian on the footpath and a vehicle on the road

Vehicle B must give way to the pedestrian on the footpath and to vehicle A