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68Stopping and giving way at stop sign or stop line at other
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68 Stopping and giving way at stop sign or stop line at other places (1) A driver approaching or at a place with a stop sign or stop line must stop and give way in accordance with this section, unless the place is— (a) an intersection; or (b) a children’s crossing; or (c) an area of a road that is not a children’s crossing only because it does not have— (i) children crossing flags; or (ii) children’s crossing signs and twin yellow lights; or (d) a level crossing; or (e) a place with twin red lights. 1 a stop sign at a break in a dividing strip dividing the part of the road used by the main body of moving vehicles from a service road 2 a stop sign on an exit from a car park where the exit joins the road (2) The driver must stop as near as practicable to, but before reaching— (a) the stop line; or (b) if there is no stop line—the stop sign.
(3) The driver must give way to any vehicle or pedestrian at or near the stop line or stop sign. Stopping and giving way at a stop sign at a break in a dividing strip Stopping and giving way at a stop sign where a car park exit joins a road