Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must drive at a speed at which the driver can, if necessary, stop safely before the crossing.

Offence provision.

Note

Pedestrian crossing is defined in subrule (3).

A driver must give way to any pedestrian or bicycle rider on or entering a pedestrian crossing.

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.

A pedestrian crossing is an area of a road:

at a place with white stripes on the road surface that:

run lengthwise along the road; and

are of approximately the same length; and

are approximately parallel to each other; and

are in a row that extends completely, or partly, across the road; and

with or without either or both of the following:

a pedestrian crossing sign;

alternating flashing twin yellow lights.

Notes

1 Twin yellow lights is defined in the dictionary.

2 Rule 322(3) and (4) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign at a place.

Pedestrian crossing sign

Examples

In each of these examples, the driver must give way to the pedestrian on the crossing.