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