Tasmanian Consolidated Regulations

TRAFFIC (ROAD RULES) REGULATIONS 1999 - REG 80

      (1) A driver approaching a children’s crossing must drive at a speed at which the driver can, if necessary, stop safely before the crossing.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 15 penalty units.

Note: Children’s crossing is defined in subrule (6).

      (2) A driver approaching or at a children’s crossing must stop at the stop line at the crossing if –

(a) a hand-held stop sign is displayed at the crossing; or

(b) a pedestrian is on or entering the crossing.

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 15 penalty units.

Note 1: Stop line is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: Rule 322(3) and (4) deal with the meaning of a traffic control device at a place.

      (3) If a driver stops at a children’s crossing for a hand-held stop sign, the driver must not proceed until the holder of the sign –

(a) no longer displays the sign towards the driver; or

(b) otherwise indicates that the driver may proceed.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 15 penalty units.

      (4) If a driver stops at a children’s crossing for a pedestrian, the driver must not proceed until there is no pedestrian on or entering the crossing.

Penalty:

Fine not exceeding 15 penalty units.

      (5) For this rule, if a children’s crossing extends across a road with a dividing strip, the part of the children’s crossing on each side of the dividing strip is taken to be a separate children’s crossing.

Note: Dividing strip is defined in the dictionary.

      (6) A

"childrens crossing" is an area of a road –

(a) at a place with stop lines marked on the road, and –

(i) children crossing flags; or

(ii) children’s crossing signs and twin yellow lights; and

(b) indicated by –

(i) 2 red and white posts erected on each side of the road; or

(ii) 2 parallel continuous or broken lines on the road surface from one side of the road completely or partly across the road; and

(c) extending across the road between the posts or lines.

Note: Twin yellow lights is defined in the dictionary.

Children crossing flag

Children's crossing sign

Hand-held stop sign

Hand-held stop sign

Note 1 for diagrams: There is another permitted version of the children’s crossing sign and a number of other permitted versions of the hand-held stop signs – see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

Note 2 for diagrams: A children’s crossing sign may have a different number on the sign – see rule 316(4).

Examples

Example 1

Driver stopped at stop line for pedestrians on a children's crossing with children crossing flags

Driver must stop at the stop line because there are pedestrians on the children's crossing

Example 2

Driver stopped at stop line for pedestrians on a children's crossing with children's crossing signs and twin yellow lights

Driver must stop at the stop line because there are pedestrians on the children's crossing