Road Rules 2019
18Who is a pedestrian
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18 Who is a pedestrian
A pedestrian includes –
(a) a person driving a motorised wheelchair that cannot travel at over 10 kilometres per hour (on level ground); and
(b) a person in a non-motorised wheelchair; and
(c) a person pushing a motorised or non-motorised wheelchair; and
(d) [Rule 18 Amended by S.R. 2021, No. 100, Applied:01 Dec 2021] a person in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy; and
(e) [Rule 18 Amended by S.R. 2021, No. 100, Applied:01 Dec 2021] a person in or on a personal mobility device, unless otherwise expressly stated.
Note [Rule 18 Amended by S.R. 2021, No. 100, Applied:01 Dec 2021] Personal mobility device, wheelchair, wheeled recreational device and wheeled toy are defined in the dictionary.