230Crossing a road: general

230 Crossing a road: general

(1)  A pedestrian crossing a road –

(a) must cross by the shortest safe route; and

(b) must not stay on the road longer than necessary to cross the road safely.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(2)  However, if the pedestrian is crossing the road at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross diagonally sign, the pedestrian may cross the road diagonally at the intersection.

Note Intersection and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary.

(3)  In this rule –

road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.

Note

Road-related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.

| Pedestrians may cross diagonally sign | | Note for diagram | There is another permitted version of this sign – see the diagram in Schedule 3. |