Western Australian Current Regulations

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 57

57 .         Giving way when entering carriageway from land abutting carriageway or road

        (1)         A driver entering a carriageway from land abutting the carriageway, without a traffic‑control signal or a “stop” sign, stop line, “give way” sign or give way line, must give way to —

            (a)         any vehicle travelling on the carriageway or turning into the carriageway (except a vehicle turning right into the carriageway from land abutting the carriageway); and

            (b)         any pedestrian or relevant rider on the carriageway; and

            (c)         any vehicle or pedestrian on any land abutting the carriageway (including a path) that the driver crosses to enter the carriageway.

        Points: 3         Modified penalty: 4 PU

        Example

Driver entering a carriageway from land abutting the carriageway giving way to a pedestrian on the footpath and a vehicle on the carriageway

In this example, vehicle B must give way to the pedestrian on the footpath and to vehicle A.

        [(2)         omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e)]

        [Regulation 57 amended: Gazette 22 Dec 2006 p. 5819; 9 Sep 2014 p. 3245; SL 2020/253 r. 28; SL 2021/200 r. 26.]