234Crossing a road on or near a crossing for pedestrians

234 Crossing a road on or near a crossing for pedestrians

(1)  A pedestrian must not cross a road, or part of a road, within 20 metres of a crossing on the road, except at the crossing or another crossing, unless the pedestrian is –

(a) crossing, or helping another pedestrian to cross, an area of the road between tram tracks and the far left side of the road to get on, or after getting off, a tram or public bus; or

(b) crossing to or from a safety zone; or

(c) crossing at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross diagonally sign; or

(d) crossing in a shared zone; or

(e) crossing a road, or a part of a road, from which vehicles are excluded, either permanently or temporarily.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note Intersection, public bus, traffic lights, tram and tram tracks are defined in the dictionary, safety zone is defined in rule 162, and shared zone is defined in rule 24.

(2)  A pedestrian must not stay on a crossing on a road for longer than necessary to cross the road safely.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(3)  Subrule (2) does not apply to a person who is helping pedestrians cross a road at a crossing if the person is permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction.

(4)  In this rule –

crossing means a children’s crossing, marked foot crossing or pedestrian crossing.

Note Children’s crossing is defined in rule 80, marked foot crossing is defined in the dictionary, and pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81.

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