Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A pedestrian crossing a road:

must cross by the shortest safe route; and

must not stay on the road longer than necessary to cross the road safely.

Offence provision.

However, if the pedestrian is crossing the road at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross diagonally sign, the pedestrian may cross the road diagonally at the intersection.

Note

Intersection and

traffic lights are defined in the dictionary.

In this rule:

road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.

Note

Road-related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.

Pedestrians may cross diagonally sign

Note for diagram

There is another permitted version of this sign – see the diagram in Schedule 3.