82Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing

82 Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing

82 Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing

A driver approaching a children’s crossing, or pedestrian crossing, must not overtake or pass a vehicle that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and is stopping, or has stopped, to give way to a pedestrian at the crossing.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note 1.

Children’s crossing is defined in rule 80, overtake is defined in the Dictionary, and pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81.

Note 2.

This rule is not uniform with the corresponding rule 82 of the Australian Road Rules. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions.

Example.

| Driver not passing a vehicle that has stopped to give way to a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing |

In the example, vehicle A has stopped to give way to a pedestrian on the crossing. Vehicle B must not overtake or pass vehicle A.

rule 82: Am 2020 (476), Sch 1[14] [15].