Road Safety Road Rules 2017
82Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children's crossing or pedestrian crossing
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82 Overtaking or passing a vehicle at a children's crossing or pedestrian crossing
A driver approaching a children's crossing, or pedestrian crossing, must not overtake or pass a vehicle that is travelling in the same direction as the driver and is stopping, or has stopped, to give way to a pedestrian at the crossing.
Children's crossing is defined in rule 80 and Pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81. Overtake is defined in the dictionary.
| Driver not passing a vehicle that has stopped to give way to a pedestrian at a pedestrian crossing | | Image unavailable in extracted text |
In the example, vehicle A has stopped to give way to a pedestrian on the crossing. Vehicle B must not overtake or pass vehicle A.