Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
sec.74Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land
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sec.74 Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land
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 all of the following— a 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; a pedestrian on the road; a vehicle or a pedestrian on a road-related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; for a driver entering the road from a road-related area— a pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on the road-related area; and another vehicle ahead of the driver’s vehicle or approaching from the left or right. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. In this section— road does not include a road-related area. s 74 amd 2022 SL No. 142 s 32 (sec.74-ssec.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 all of the following— a 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; a pedestrian on the road; a vehicle or a pedestrian on a road-related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; for a driver entering the road from a road-related area— a pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on the road-related area; and another vehicle ahead of the driver’s vehicle or approaching from the left or right. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.74-ssec.2) In this section— road does not include a road-related area.
- (a) a 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;
- (b) a pedestrian on the road;
- (c) a vehicle or a pedestrian on a road-related area that the driver crosses to enter the road;
- (d) for a driver entering the road from a road-related area— (i) a pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on the road-related area; and (ii) another vehicle ahead of the driver’s vehicle or approaching from the left or right.
- (i) a pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on the road-related area; and
- (ii) another vehicle ahead of the driver’s vehicle or approaching from the left or right.
- (i) a pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on the road-related area; and
- (ii) another vehicle ahead of the driver’s vehicle or approaching from the left or right.