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In forceGiving way when making a U-turn
Schedule 3Australian Road Rules
Part 4Making turns
Division 4U-turns
38 Giving way when making a U-turn
(1) A driver making a U-turn must give way to all vehicles and pedestrians.
Offence provision.
Note
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) Despite subrule (1), a driver does not have to give way to a driver entering the road from a road-related area or adjacent land.
Note
Adjacent land is defined in the dictionary and road-related area is defined in rule 13.
(3)
In this rule:
road does not include a road-related area.
Note
A road-related area includes any shoulder of a road – see rule 13.
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