242Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy on a footpath or shared path

242 Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy on a footpath or shared path

(1)  A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath or shared path must –

(a) keep to the left of the footpath or shared path unless it is impracticable to do so; and

(b) give way to any pedestrian (except a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy) who is on the footpath or shared path.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 Footpath is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 For this rule, give way means the person must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision – see the definition in the dictionary.

Note 3 Bicycle riders on footpaths and shared paths must give way to persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices or toys, as well as other pedestrians – see rule 250(2).

Note 4 Another law of this jurisdiction may prescribe give way rules for persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices or toys.

(2)  A shared path is an area open to the public (except a separated footpath) that is designated for, or has as one of its main uses, use by both the riders of bicycles and pedestrians, and includes a length of path for use by both bicycles and pedestrians beginning at a shared path sign or shared path road marking and ending at the nearest of the following:

(a) an end shared path sign or end shared path road marking;

(b) a no bicycles sign or no bicycles road marking;

(c) a bicycle path sign or bicycle path road marking;

(d) a road (except a road-related area);

(e) the end of the path.

Note Bicycle and no bicycles road marking are defined in the dictionary, road-related area is defined in rule 13, and bicycle path road marking and separated footpath are defined in rule 239.