269Opening doors and getting out of a vehicle etc.

269 Opening doors and getting out of a vehicle etc. (1) A person must not get off, or out of, a moving vehicle, unless the person is engaged in the door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste or garbage, and the vehicle is not travelling over 5 kilometres per hour. 1 Vehicle is defined in rule 15. 2 Rule 237 deals with persons getting on, or into, a moving vehicle. (2) Subrule (1) does not apply to a person getting off a bicycle or animal. (3) A person must not cause a hazard to any person or vehicle by opening a door of a vehicle, leaving a door of a vehicle open, or getting off, or out of, a vehicle. (4) The driver of a bus must not drive the bus unless the doors of the bus are closed while the bus is moving. Note