Road Rules 2014

(1) If a driver drives through a break in a dividing strip that has no stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line, the driver must give way to—

(a) any tram on the dividing strip, and

(b) any vehicle travelling on the part of the road the driver is entering (except a vehicle to which a stop sign, stop line, give way sign, or give way line, applies).

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note 1.

Dividing strip, give way line, stop line and tram are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2.

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 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.

(2) In this rule—

tram includes a bus travelling along tram tracks.

Note.

Bus and travelling along tram tracks are defined in the Dictionary.

Examples.

In each of the examples, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A.

Note to examples.

A median strip is a particular kind of dividing strip—see the definition of median strip in the Dictionary.