74Giving way when entering a road from a road‑related area or adjacent land

74 Giving way when entering a road from a road‑related area or adjacent land

(1) A driver entering a road from a road‑related area, or adjacent land, without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line must give way to: (a) any vehicle travelling on the road or turning into the road (except a vehicle turning right into the road from a road‑related area or adjacent land); and (b) any pedestrian on the road; and (c) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road‑related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; and (d) for a driver entering the road from a road‑related area: (i) any pedestrian on the road‑related area; and (ii) any other vehicle ahead of the driver’s vehicle or approaching from the left or right.

Offence provision.

Note 1: Adjacent land, give way line, stop line and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary, and road‑related area is defined in rule 13.

Note 2: Adjacent land or a road‑related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre—see the definitions of adjacent land and road‑related area. Some shopping centres may include roads—see the definition of road in rule 12.

Note 3: Part 6 applies to the driver if there are traffic lights. Rule 68 applies to the driver if there is a stop sign or stop line, and rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.

Note 4: For this rule, give way means the driver must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision—see the definition in the dictionary.

(2) In this rule:

road does not include a road‑related area.

Note: A road‑related area includes any shoulder of a road—see rule 13.

Note: Example

Driver entering a road from a road‑related area giving way
to a pedestrian on the footpath and a vehicle on the road

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