Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) A pedestrian must not travel along a road if there is a footpath or nature strip adjacent to the road, unless it is impracticable to travel on the footpath or nature strip.
Penalty: 2 penalty units.
Note
Footpath and nature strip are defined in the dictionary.
(2) A pedestrian travelling along a road—
(a) must keep as far to the left or right side of the road as is practicable; and
(ab) must, when moving forward, face approaching traffic that is moving in the direction opposite to which the pedestrian is travelling, unless it is impracticable to do so; and
(b) must not travel on the road alongside more than 1 other pedestrian or vehicle travelling on the road in the same direction as the pedestrian, unless the pedestrian is overtaking other pedestrians.
Penalty: 2 penalty units.
(3) In this rule—
"pedestrian" does not include a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy;
"road" does not include a road related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.
Notes
1 Road related area is defined in rule 13, shoulder is defined in rule 12, and wheeled recreational device and wheeled toy are defined in the dictionary.
2 Persons travelling on roads in or on wheeled recreational devices or wheeled toys are dealt with in rule 241.