269Opening doors and getting out of a vehicle etc

269 Opening doors and getting out of a vehicle etc

269 Opening doors and getting out of a vehicle etc

(1) A person must not get off, or out of, a moving vehicle, unless the person is engaged in the door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste or garbage, and the vehicle is not travelling over 5 kilometres per hour.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note 1.

Vehicle is defined in rule 15.

Note 2.

Rule 237 deals with persons getting on, or into, a moving vehicle.

(2) Subrule (1) does not apply to a person getting off a bicycle or animal.

(3) A person must not cause a hazard to any person or vehicle by opening a door of a vehicle, leaving a door of a vehicle open, or getting off, or out of, a vehicle.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) The driver of a bus must not drive the bus unless the doors of the bus are closed while the bus is moving.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note.

Bus is defined in the Dictionary.