AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 234 Crossing a road on or near a crossing for pedestrians

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 234

234 Crossing a road on or near a crossing for pedestrians

(1) A pedestrian must not cross a road, or part of a road, within 20 metres of a crossing on the road, except at the crossing or another crossing, unless the pedestrian is:

(a) crossing, or helping another pedestrian to cross, an area of the road between tram tracks and the far left side of the road to get on, or after getting off, a tram or public bus, or

(b) crossing to or from a safety zone, or

(c) crossing at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross diagonally sign, or

(d) crossing in a shared zone, or

(e) crossing a road, or a part of a road, from which vehicles are excluded, either permanently or temporarily.

: Offence provision.

Note :
"Intersection" ,
"public bus" ,
"traffic lights" ,
"tram" and
"tram tracks" are defined in the dictionary,
"safety zone" is defined in rule 162, and
"shared zone" is defined in rule 24.

(2) A pedestrian must not stay on a crossing on a road for longer than necessary to cross the road safely.

: Offence provision.

(3) Subrule (2) does not apply to a person who is helping pedestrians cross a road at a crossing if the person is permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction.

(4) In this rule:


"crossing" means a children's crossing, marked foot crossing or pedestrian crossing.

Note :
"Children's crossing" is defined in rule 80,
"marked foot crossing" is defined in the dictionary, and
"pedestrian crossing" is defined in rule 81.

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Note for diagram : There is another permitted version of this sign--see the diagram in Schedule 3.