289Driving on a nature strip

289 Driving on a nature strip

(1) A driver must not drive on a nature strip adjacent to a length of road in a built‑up area, unless the driver is: (a) entering or leaving, by the shortest practicable route, an area on the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as an area where vehicles may drive; or (b) driving on a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or (c) driving on the nature strip to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road‑related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the nature strip indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or (d) riding a bicycle or animal, and there is not another law of this jurisdiction prohibiting the rider from riding a bicycle or animal on the nature strip; or (e) driving a ride‑on lawnmower that is cutting grass on the nature strip; or (f) driving a motorised wheelchair; or (g) permitted to drive on the nature strip under another law of this jurisdiction.

Offence provision.

Note: Adjacent land, bicycle, built‑up area, length of road, nature strip, traffic control device, wheelchair and with are defined in the dictionary, and road‑related area is defined in rule 13.

(2) A driver driving on a nature strip (except the rider of an animal, or a driver driving on the nature strip to enter a road from a road‑related area or adjacent land, or to enter a road‑related area or adjacent land from a road) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the nature strip.

Offence provision.

Note 1: Road user is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: For subrule (2), give way means the driver must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision—see the definition in the dictionary.

Note 3: Rules 74 and 75 deal with drivers giving way when crossing a nature strip adjacent to a road to enter or leave a road‑related area or adjacent land.

Note 4: The rider of an animal on a nature strip must give way to any pedestrian on the nature strip—see rule 302.