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, must give way in accordance with this rule if the place on the road is without all of the following—

(2) The driver entering the road 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

Rule 74(2)(aa) inserted by S.R. No. 121/2020 rule 6(1).

(aa) 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.

Note 1 to rule 74(2) amended by S.R. No. 121/2020 rule 6(2).

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

2 Adjacent land or a road related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre. Some shopping centres may include roads—see the definition of road in rule 12.

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. Rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.

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.

Driver entering a road from a road related area giving way to a pedestrian on the footpath and a vehicle on the road.

In this example, vehicle B must give way to the pedestrian on the footpath and to vehicle A.