Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations
(1) A driver entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a place on a road without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line must give way to –
(a) any pedestrian on the road; and
(b) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road-related area that the driver crosses or enters; and
(c) if the driver is turning right from the road – any oncoming vehicle on the road that is going straight ahead or turning left; and
(d) if the road the driver is leaving ends at a T-intersection opposite the road-related area or adjacent land and the driver is crossing the continuing road – any vehicle on the continuing road.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.
Note 1: Adjacent land, continuing road, give way line, oncoming vehicle, stop line, straight ahead, T-intersection 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: 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.
Note 4: 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.
(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.
Examples
Example 1
Driver turning right from a road into a road-related area giving way to an oncoming vehicle that is going straight ahead and to a pedestrian on the footpath
Vehicle B must give way to vehicle A and to the pedestrian on the footpath
Example 2
Driver crossing a continuing road at a T-intersection to enter a road-related area giving way to a vehicle on the continuing road
Vehicle B must give way to vehicle A
