80Stopping at a children’s crossing

#### 80 Stopping at a children’s crossing 80 Stopping at a children’s crossing > > (1) A driver approaching a children’s crossing must drive at a speed at which the driver can, if necessary, stop safely before the crossing. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note. > > > > Children’s crossing is defined in subrule (6). > > > (2) A driver approaching or at a children’s crossing must stop as near as practicable to, but before reaching, the stop line at the crossing if— > > > > > (a) a *hand-held stop sign* is displayed at the crossing, or > > > > > (b) a pedestrian is on or entering the crossing. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note 1. > > > > Stop line is defined in the Dictionary. > > > > Note 2. > > > > Rule 322(3) and (4) deal with the meaning of a traffic control device at a place. > > > > Note 3. > > > > This subrule is not uniform with the corresponding subrule in rule 80 of the Australian Road Rules. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions. > > > (3) If a driver stops at a children’s crossing for a *hand-held stop sign*, the driver must not proceed until there is no pedestrian on or entering the crossing and the holder of the sign— > > > > > (a) no longer displays the sign towards the driver, or > > > > > (b) otherwise indicates that the driver may proceed. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note. > > > > This subrule is not uniform with the corresponding subrule in rule 80 of the Australian Road Rules. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions. > > > (4) If a driver stops at a children’s crossing for a pedestrian, the driver must not proceed until there is no pedestrian on or entering the crossing. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note. > > > > This subrule is not uniform with the corresponding subrule in rule 80 of the Australian Road Rules. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions. > > > (5) For this rule, if a children’s crossing extends across a road with a dividing strip, the part of the children’s crossing on each side of the dividing strip is taken to be a separate children’s crossing. > > > > Note. > > > > Dividing strip is defined in the Dictionary. > > > (6) A children’s crossing is an area of a road— > > > > > (a) at a place with stop lines marked on the road, and— > > > > > > > (i) children crossing flags, or > > > > > > > (ii) *children’s crossing signs* and twin yellow lights, and > > > > > (b) indicated by— > > > > > > > (i) 2 red and white posts erected on each side of the road, or > > > > > > > (ii) 2 parallel continuous or broken lines on the road surface from one side of the road completely or partly across the road, and > > > > > (c) extending across the road between the posts or lines. > > > > Note. > > > > Twin yellow lights is defined in the Dictionary. > > | Children crossing flag | > > | Hand-held stop signs | > | | | > > Example. > > | Driver stopped at stop line for pedestrians on a children’s crossing with children crossing flags | > > In this example, the driver must stop at the stop line because there are pedestrians on the children’s crossing. > > Note. > > Example 2 in rule 80 of the Australian Road Rules has not been reproduced because it is not relevant to this jurisdiction. > > **rule 80:** Am 2020 (476), Sch 1\[9\]–\[11\].