239Pedestrians on a bicycle path or separated footpath

239 Pedestrians on a bicycle path or separated footpath

239 Pedestrians on a bicycle path or separated footpath

(1) A pedestrian must not be on a bicycle path, or a part of a separated footpath designated for the use of bicycles, unless the pedestrian—

(a) is crossing the bicycle path or separated footpath by the shortest safe route, and

(b) does not stay on the bicycle path or separated footpath for longer than necessary to cross the bicycle path or separated footpath safely.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note 1.

Bicycle is defined in rule 15–1, and bicycle path and separated footpath are defined in subrule (4).

Note 2.

Rule 336 deals with how parts of a separated footpath are designated for bicycle riders and pedestrians.

(2) However, a pedestrian may be on a bicycle path, or a part of a separated footpath designated for the use of bicycles, if—

(a) the pedestrian is—

(i) in or pushing a wheelchair, or

(ii) on rollerblades, rollerskates or a similar wheeled recreational device, and

(b) there is no traffic control device, or information on or with a traffic control device, applying to the bicycle path or separated footpath that indicates that the pedestrian is not permitted to be on the bicycle path or the part of the separated footpath designated for the use of bicycles.

Note 1.

Traffic control device, wheelchair, wheeled recreational device and with are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2.

Rule 243(2) provides that a person travelling on rollerblades, rollerskates, or a similar wheeled recreational device, on a bicycle path, or a part of a separated footpath designated for the use of bicycles, must keep out of the path of any bicycle.

(3) A pedestrian who is crossing a bicycle path, or a part of a separated footpath designated for the use of bicycles, must keep out of the path of any bicycle, or any pedestrian who is permitted under subrule (2) to be on the bicycle path, or the part of the separated footpath designated for the use of bicycles.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) In these Rules—

bicycle path means a length of path beginning at a bicycle path sign or bicycle path road marking, and ending at the nearest of the following—