Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
(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 –
(a) any 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); and
(b) any pedestrian on the road; and
(c) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road-related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; and
(d) for a driver entering the road from a road-related area –
(i) any pedestrian on the road-related area; and
(ii) any other vehicle ahead of the driver's vehicle or approaching from the left or right.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
Note 1 : Adjacent land, give way line, stop line and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary, and road-related area is defined in rule 13.
Note 2 : Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre – see the definitions of adjacent land and road-related area. Some shopping centres may include roads - see the definition of road in rule 12.
Note 3 : Part 6 applies to the driver if there are traffic lights. Rule 68 applies to the driver if there is a stop sign or stop line, and rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.
Note 4 : For this rule, give way means the driver must slow down and, if necessary, stop to avoid a collision – see the definition in the dictionary.
(2) In this rule,
"road" does not include a road-related area.
Note: A road-related area includes any shoulder of a road – see rule 13.
Example
Driver entering a road from a road-related area giving way to a pedestrian on the footpath and a vehicle on the road
Vehicle B must give way to the pedestrian on the footpath and to vehicle A
