74Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land

74 Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land

(1)  A driver entering a road from a road-related area, or adjacent land, without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line must give way to –

(a) any vehicle travelling on the road or turning into the road (except a vehicle turning right into the road from a road-related area or adjacent land); and

(aa) [Rule 74 Subrule (1) amended by S.R. 2022, No. 43, Applied:13 Jul 2022] a driver making a U-turn on the road; and

(b) any pedestrian on the road; and

(c) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road-related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; and

(d) for a driver entering the road from a road-related area –

(i) any pedestrian on the road-related area; and

(ii) any other vehicle ahead of the driver's vehicle or approaching from the left or right.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.

Note 1

Adjacent land, give way line, stop line and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary, and road-related area is defined in rule 13.

Note 2

Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre – see the definitions of adjacent land and road-related area. Some shopping centres may include roads – see the definition of road in rule 12.

Note 3

Part 6 applies to the driver if there are traffic lights. Rule 68 applies to the driver if there is a stop sign or stop line, and rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.

Note 4

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