ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 58
ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 58
58 . Giving way when entering land abutting carriageway or road from carriageway
A driver entering land
abutting a carriageway or road from a place on a carriageway without a
traffic‑control signal or a “stop” sign, stop line,
“give way” sign or give way line, must give way to —
(a) any
pedestrian or relevant rider on the carriageway; and
(b) any
vehicle or pedestrian on any land abutting the carriageway that the driver
crosses or enters; and
(c) if
the driver is turning right from the carriageway — any oncoming
vehicle on the carriageway that is going straight ahead or turning left; and
(d) if
the carriageway the driver is leaving ends at a T‑intersection opposite
the land abutting the carriageway and the driver is crossing the continuing
road — any vehicle on the continuing road.
Points: 3 Modified
penalty: 4 PU
Examples
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Example 1 Driver turning right from a carriageway into land abutting a carriageway
giving way to an oncoming vehicle that is going straight ahead and to a
pedestrian on the footpath |
Example 2 Driver crossing a continuing road at a T‑intersection to
enter land abutting a carriageway giving way to a vehicle on the
continuing road |
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In each example, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A. In example 1,
vehicle B must also give way to the pedestrian on the footpath.
[Regulation 58 amended: Gazette
22 Dec 2006 p. 5819; 9 Sep 2014 p. 3245;
SL 2020/253 r. 28; SL 2021/200 r. 27.]