sec.288Driving on a path

sec.288 Driving on a path

A driver (except the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device) must not drive on a path, unless subsection (2) applies to the driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. A driver may drive on a path if the driver is— driving on a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or driving on the path to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive. A driver on a path (except the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the path unless the driver is driving on the path— to enter a road from a road-related area or adjacent land; or to enter a road-related area or adjacent land from a road. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. This section does not apply to the rider of an animal riding the animal on a footpath. In this section— path means a bicycle path, footpath or shared path. s 288 amd 2011 SL No. 212 s 8 ; 2022 Act No. 19 s 36 ; 2022 SL No. 142 s 93 (sec.288-ssec.1) A driver (except the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device) must not drive on a path, unless subsection (2) applies to the driver. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.288-ssec.2) A driver may drive on a path if the driver is— driving on a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or driving on the path to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive. (sec.288-ssec.4) A driver on a path (except the rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the path unless the driver is driving on the path— to enter a road from a road-related area or adjacent land; or to enter a road-related area or adjacent land from a road. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.288-ssec.5) This section does not apply to the rider of an animal riding the animal on a footpath. (sec.288-ssec.6) In this section— path means a bicycle path, footpath or shared path.

• (a) driving on a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or
• (b) driving on the path to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive.
• (a) to enter a road from a road-related area or adjacent land; or
• (b) to enter a road-related area or adjacent land from a road.