AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 242 Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy on a footpath or shared path

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 242

242 Travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy on a footpath or shared path

(1) A person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy on a footpath or shared path must:

(a) keep to the left of the footpath or shared path unless it is impracticable to do so, and

(b) give way to any pedestrian (except a person travelling in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy) who is on the footpath or shared path.

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Footpath" is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 : For this rule,
"give way" means the person must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision--see the definition in the dictionary.

Note 3 : Bicycle riders on footpaths and shared paths must give way to persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices or toys, as well as other pedestrians--see rule 250 (2).

Note 4 : Another law of this jurisdiction may prescribe give way rules for persons travelling in or on wheeled recreational devices or toys.

(2) A
"shared path" is an area open to the public (except a separated footpath) that is designated for, or has as one of its main uses, use by both the riders of bicycles and pedestrians, and includes a length of path for use by both bicycles and pedestrians beginning at a shared path sign and ending at the nearest of the following:

(a) an end shared path sign,

(b) a no bicycles sign or no bicycles road marking,

(c) a bicycle path sign,

(d) a road (except a road-related area),

(e) the end of the path.

Note :
"Bicycle" and
"no bicycles road marking" are defined in the dictionary,
"road-related area" is defined in rule 13, and
"separated footpath" is defined in rule 239.

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Note for diagrams : There are a number of other permitted versions of the bicycle path sign, and another permitted version of each of the other signs--see the diagrams in Schedule 3.