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236Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction
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#### 236 Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction
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.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (2) A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (3) For subrule (2), a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians.
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> > (4) A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road to—
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> > > (a) solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle, or
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> > > (b) hitchhike, or
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> > > (c) display an advertisement, or
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> > > (d) sell or offer articles for sale, or
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> > > (e) wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, the windscreen of a vehicle.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (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.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > (6) Subrules (4) and (5) do not apply to the carrying on of an activity permitted by another law of this jurisdiction.
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> > (7) In this rule—
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> > 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.
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> > Note.
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> > 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.