National Transport Commission (Road Transport Legislation - Australian Road Rules) Regulations 2006
236Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction
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236 Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction
(1) A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver.
Offence provision.
(2) A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.
Offence provision.
(3) For subrule (2), a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians. (4) A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road to: (a) solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or (b) hitchhike; or (c) display an advertisement; or (d) sell or offer articles for sale; or (e) wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, the windscreen of a vehicle.
Offence provision.
(5) A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on a road.
Offence provision.
(6) Subrules (4) and (5) do not apply to the carrying on of an activity permitted by another law of this jurisdiction. (7) In this rule:
road includes any shoulder of the road, and any median strip, painted island or traffic island, but does not include any other road‑related area.
Note: Median strip, painted island and traffic island are defined in the dictionary, shoulder is defined in rule 12, and road‑related area is defined in rule 13.