TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SCHEDULE 3 - AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES 1999
74Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or
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74 Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or (1) A driver entering a road from a road-related area, or adjacent land, without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line 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 (ab) 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. 1 Adjacent land, give way line, stop line, traffic lights and U-turn are defined in the dictionary, and 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 – see the definitions of adjacent land and road-related area. 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, and 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, 5 The application of this rule is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic
Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 73 Note 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.