Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 111

111 .         No entry to choked intersection

        (1)         A driver must not enter upon, or attempt to cross, an intersection, whether or not it is controlled by a traffic‑control signal, if the intersection or the carriageway beyond it is blocked.

        Modified penalty: 2 PU

        Examples

        The intersection, or a carriageway beyond the intersection, may be blocked by congested traffic, a disabled vehicle, a collision between vehicles or between a vehicle and a pedestrian, or by a fallen load on the carriageway.

        (2)         The provisions of subregulation (1) apply —

            (a)         despite the instruction of a traffic‑control signal to proceed; and

            (b)         in addition to the provisions of regulations 61(3), 62(4) and  145(2).

        [Regulation 111 amended: Gazette 22 Dec 2006 p. 5820; SL 2020/253 r. 28.]