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125Unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians
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#### 125 Unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians
125 Unreasonably obstructing drivers or pedestrians
> > (1) A driver must not unreasonably obstruct the path of another driver or a pedestrian.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Driver includes a person in control of a vehicle—see the definition of drive in the Dictionary.
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> > (2) For this rule, a driver does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another driver or a pedestrian only because—
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> > > (a) the driver is stopped in traffic, or
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> > > (b) the driver is driving more slowly than other vehicles (unless the driver is driving abnormally slowly in the circumstances).
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> > Example of a driver driving abnormally slowly.
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> > A driver driving at a speed of 20 kilometres per hour on a length of road to which a speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour applies when there is no reason for the driver to drive at that speed on the length of road.