68Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places

68 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places

Rule 68(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 27.

(1) A driver approaching or at a place with a stop sign or stop line must stop and give way in accordance with this rule, 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 carpark where the exit joins the road.

1 Intersection, stop line, twin red lights and twin yellow lights are defined in the dictionary. Children's crossing is defined in rule 80 and level crossing is defined in rule 120.

2 For this rule, give way means the driver must remain stationary until it is safe for the driver to proceed—see the definition in the dictionary.

3 For the stopping and giving way rules applying to a driver at an intersection or level crossing with a stop sign or stop line, see rule 67 (intersections) and rule 121 (level crossings). Rule 80 deals with stopping at a stop line at a children's crossing.

(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 sign.

| Example 1<br> Stopping and giving way at a stop sign at a break in a dividing strip | Example 2<br>Stopping and giving way at a stop sign where a carpark exit joins a road |

In each example, vehicle B must stop and give way to vehicle A.