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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 234

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.

SA NOTE—

For South Australia, see regulation 27 of the Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014 .

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.

Pedestrians may cross diagonally sign

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Note for diagram—

There is another permitted version of this sign—see the diagram in Schedule 3.