38Giving way when making a U-turn

38 Giving way when making a U-turn

38 Giving way when making a U-turn

(1) A driver making a U-turn must give way to all vehicles and pedestrians.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note—

For this rule, give way means the driver must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision—see the definition in the Dictionary.

(2) Despite subrule (1), a driver does not have to give way to a driver entering the road from a road related area or adjacent land.

Note—

Adjacent land is defined in the Dictionary and road related area is defined in rule 13.

(3) In this rule—

road does not include a road related area.

Note—

A road related area includes any shoulder of a road—see rule 13.

rule 38: Subst 2022 (692), Sch 1[5].