sec.236Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction

sec.236 Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction

A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. For subsection (2) , a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians. A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road— to solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or to hitchhike; or to display an advertisement; or to sell things or offer things for sale; or to wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, a vehicle’s windscreen. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on the road. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. Subsections (4) (a) , (c) and (d) and (5) do not apply to a pedestrian who is engaged in roadside vending under a permit or other authority given to the person under a local law. In this section— road includes a shoulder of a road, a median strip, a painted island or a traffic island, but does not include another road-related area. (sec.236-ssec.1) A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.236-ssec.2) A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.236-ssec.3) For subsection (2) , a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians. (sec.236-ssec.4) A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road— to solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or to hitchhike; or to display an advertisement; or to sell things or offer things for sale; or to wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, a vehicle’s windscreen. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.236-ssec.5) A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on the road. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.236-ssec.6) Subsections (4) (a) , (c) and (d) and (5) do not apply to a pedestrian who is engaged in roadside vending under a permit or other authority given to the person under a local law. (sec.236-ssec.7) In this section— road includes a shoulder of a road, a median strip, a painted island or a traffic island, but does not include another road-related area.

• (a) to solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or
• (b) to hitchhike; or
• (c) to display an advertisement; or
• (d) to sell things or offer things for sale; or
• (e) to wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, a vehicle’s windscreen.