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75Giving way when entering a road related area or adjacent land from a road
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#### 75 Giving way when entering a road related area or adjacent land from a road
75 Giving way when entering a road related area or adjacent land from a road
> > (1) A driver entering a road related area or adjacent land from a place on a road without traffic lights or a *stop sign*, stop line, *give way sign* or give way line must give way to—
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> > > (a) any pedestrian on the road, and
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> > > (b) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road related area that the driver crosses or enters, and
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> > > (c) if the driver is turning right from the road—any oncoming vehicle on the road that is going straight ahead or turning left, and
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> > > (d) if the road the driver is leaving ends at a T-intersection opposite the road related area or adjacent land and the driver is crossing the continuing road—any vehicle on the continuing road.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note 1.
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> > Adjacent land, continuing road, give way line, oncoming vehicle, stop line, straight ahead, T-intersection and traffic lights are defined in the Dictionary, and road related area is defined in rule 13.
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> > Note 2.
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> > Adjacent land or a road related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre—see the definitions of adjacent land and road related area. Some shopping centres may include roads—see the definition of road in rule 12.
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> > Note 3.
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> > 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.
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> > Note 4.
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> > Part 6 applies to the driver if there are traffic lights. Rule 68 applies to the driver if there is a *stop sign* or stop line, and rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a *give way sign* or give way line.
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> > (2) In this rule—
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> > road does not include a road related area.
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> > Note.
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> > A road related area includes any shoulder of a road—see rule 13.
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> Examples.
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> | Example 1Driver turning right from a road into a road related area giving way to an oncoming vehicle that is going straight ahead and to a pedestrian on the footpath | Example 2Driver crossing a continuing road at a T-intersection to enter a road related area giving way to a vehicle on the continuing road |
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> In each example, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A. In example 1, vehicle B must also give way to the pedestrian on the footpath.