162Driving past a safety zone

162 Driving past a safety zone

162 Driving past a safety zone

(1) A driver driving past a safety zone—

(a) must not drive on the safety zone, and

(b) must drive to the left of the safety zone at a speed that does not put at risk the safety of any pedestrian crossing the road to or from the safety zone.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A safety zone is an area of a road—

(a) at a place with safety zone signs at or near a tram stop, and

(b) indicated by a structure on the road (for example, a dividing strip, pedestrian refuge or traffic island).

Note.

Dividing strip and traffic island are defined in the Dictionary.

| Safety zone sign |