236Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction

236 Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction

(1)  A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(2)  A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

(3)  For subrule (2), a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians.

(4)  A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road to –

(a) solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or

(b) [this paragraph is intentionally left blank]; or

(c) display an advertisement; or

(d) sell or offer articles for sale; or

(e) wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, the windscreen of a vehicle.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.

Note Paragraph (b) is intentionally blank for Tasmania's Road Rules. The equivalent paragraph in the Australian road rules refers to hitchhiking but hitchhiking does not constitute part of the offence in Tasmania.

(5)  A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on a road.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.

(6)  Subrules (4) and (5) do not apply to the carrying on of an activity permitted by another law of this jurisdiction.

(7)  In this rule –

road includes any shoulder of the road, and any median strip, painted island or traffic island, but does not include any other road-related area.

Note Median strip, painted island and traffic island are defined in the dictionary, shoulder is defined in rule 12, and road-related area is defined in rule 13.