Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver at a T-intersection without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line, must give way in accordance with this rule.

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Give way line,

stop line, T-intersection and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary.

2 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.

3 Rule 75(1)(d) requires a driver at a T-intersection to give way when crossing the continuing road to enter a road-related area or adjacent land.

If the driver is turning left (except if the driver is using a slip lane) or right from the terminating road into the continuing road, the driver must give way to:

any vehicle travelling on the continuing road (except a vehicle making a U-turn on the continuing road at the T-intersection); and

any pedestrian who is crossing the continuing road at or near the intersection.

Notes

1 Continuing road,

dictionary.

2 The application of this rule and rule 353(1) and (2) is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic Regulations 1999.

3 In relation to paragraph

, rule 353(1), as modified by regulation 78AAA, specifies that a driver is not required to give way to a pedestrian or rider of a bicycle who is crossing the road that the driver is leaving, and rule 353(2), as modified by regulation 78AAA, provides that a pedestrian or rider of a bicycle who is only crossing a part of a road is considered to be crossing the road.

Examples

In

example 1, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A.

In

example 2, the vehicle must give way to the pedestrian.

If the driver is turning left from the terminating road into the continuing road using a slip lane, the driver must give way to:

any vehicle travelling on the continuing road (except a vehicle making a U-turn on the continuing road at the T-intersection); and

any pedestrian on the slip lane.

Note

The application of this rule is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic

Regulations 1999.

If the driver is turning left (except if the driver is using a slip lane) from the continuing road into the terminating road, the driver must give way to any pedestrian who is crossing the terminating road at or near the intersection.

Example

Example

3

Driver turning left (except if the driver is using a slip lane) from the continuing road giving way to a pedestrian on the terminating road

In this example, the vehicle must give way to the pedestrian.

Notes

1 The application of this rule and rule 353(1) and (2) is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic Regulations 1999.

2 Rule 353(1), as modified by regulation 78AAA, specifies that a driver is not required to give way to a pedestrian or rider of a bicycle who is crossing the road that the driver is leaving, and rule 353(2), as modified by regulation 78AAA, provides that a pedestrian or rider of a bicycle who is only crossing a part of a road is considered to be crossing the road.

If the driver is turning from the continuing road into the terminating road using a slip lane, the driver must give way to:

any vehicle approaching from the right (except a vehicle making a

U-turn from the terminating road at the T‑intersection); and

any pedestrian on or entering the slip lane.

Note

The application of this rule is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic

Regulations 1999.

Subrule (5)(b) does not apply if another law of this jurisdiction does not require a driver who is turning from a continuing road into a terminating road using a slip lane to give way to a pedestrian on or entering a slip lane.

Note

The application of this rule is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic

Regulations 1999.

If the driver is turning right from the continuing road into the terminating road, the driver must give way to:

any oncoming vehicle that is travelling through the intersection on the continuing road or turning left at the intersection; and

any pedestrian who is crossing the terminating road at or near the intersection.

Notes

1 Oncoming vehicle is defined in the dictionary.

2 The application of this rule and rule 353(1) and (2) is modified by regulation 78AAA of the Traffic Regulations 1999.

3 In relation to paragraph

, rule 353(1), as modified by regulation 78AAA, specifies that a driver is not required to give way to a pedestrian or rider of a bicycle who is crossing the road that the driver is leaving, and rule 353(2), as modified by regulation 78AAA, provides that a pedestrian or rider of a bicycle who is only crossing a part of a road is considered to be crossing the road.

In this rule:

turning left from the continuing road into the terminating road, for a driver, includes, where the continuing road curves to the right at a T‑intersection, leaving the continuing road to proceed straight ahead onto the terminating road.

turning right from the continuing road into the terminating road, for a driver, includes, where the continuing road curves to the left at a T‑intersection, leaving the continuing road to proceed straight ahead onto the terminating road.

Note

Straight ahead is defined in the dictionary

Examples

Example

5 shows a T-intersection where the continuing road (which is marked with broken white lines) goes around a corner. Vehicle B is leaving the continuing road to enter the terminating road. In examples 4 and

5, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A.

In

example 6, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A.

In

example 7, the vehicle must give way to the pedestrian.

Division 3 Entering or leaving road-related areas and adjacent land