Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) A driver
approaching a children’s crossing shall drive at a speed at which the
driver can, if necessary, stop safely before the crossing.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
(2) A driver shall
stop the vehicle before it reaches a children’s crossing, if a
“children crossing - stop” sign is displayed to face approaching
drivers; and shall not permit any portion of the vehicle to enter upon the
children’s crossing, while any pedestrian is on it or while the sign is
displayed.
Points: 4 Modified
penalty: 4 PU
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(3) A driver shall not
enter upon, or attempt to cross, a children’s crossing if the
carriageway beyond it is blocked.
Modified penalty: 1 PU
Examples
The carriageway beyond the crossing may be blocked by congested traffic, a
disabled vehicle, a collision between vehicles or between a vehicle and a
pedestrian, or by a fallen load on the carriageway.
(4) Where there is a
stop line on the approach side of a children’s crossing, any stop made
under the provisions of this regulation, shall be made before reaching, and as
nearly as practicable to, the stop line.
(5) For the purposes
of subregulation (2), if a children’s crossing extends across a
road with a median strip, the part of the children’s crossing on each
side of the median strip is taken to be a separate children’s crossing.
[Regulation 61 amended in Gazette
8 Feb 2008 p. 317.]
