Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places
68 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places
A driver approaching or at a place with a stop sign or stop line must stop and give way in accordance with this rule, unless the place is:
an intersection; or
a children's crossing; or
an area of a road that is not a children's crossing only because it does not have:
children crossing flags; or
children's crossing signs and twin yellow lights; or
a level crossing; or
a place with twin red lights.
Offence provision.
Examples
1 A stop sign at a break in a dividing strip dividing the part of the road used by the main body of moving vehicles from a service road.
2 A stop sign on an exit from a carpark where the exit joins the road.
Notes
1 Children's crossing is defined in rule 80, intersection, stop line and twin red lights are defined in the dictionary, and level crossing is defined in rule 120.
2 For this rule, give way means the driver must remain stationary until it is safe for the driver to proceed – see the definition in the dictionary.
3 For the stopping and giving way rules applying to a driver at an intersection or level crossing with a stop sign or stop line, see rule 67
and rule 121 (level crossings). Rule 80 deals with stopping at a stop line at a children's crossing.
The driver must stop as near as practicable to, but before reaching:
the stop line; or
if there is no stop line – the stop sign.
The driver must give way to any vehicle or pedestrian at or near the stop line or stop sign.
Examples
Example 1 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign at a break in a dividing strip |
Example 2 Stopping
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In each example, vehicle B must stop and give way to vehicle A.
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