Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

If a driver drives through a break in a dividing strip that has no stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line, the driver must give way to:

any tram on the dividing strip; and

any vehicle travelling on the part of the road the driver is entering (except a vehicle to which a stop sign, stop line,

give way sign, or give way line, applies).

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Dividing strip,

give way line, stop line and tram are defined in the dictionary.

2 Rule 68 applies to the driver if there is a stop sign or stop line, and rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.

3 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.

In this rule:

tram includes a bus travelling along tram tracks.

Note

Bus and travelling along tram tracks is defined in the dictionary.

Examples

Example 1

Giving way when driving through a break in a median strip

In each of the examples, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A.

Note to examples

A median strip is a particular kind of dividing strip – see the definition of

median strip in the dictionary.