Failure to comply with signal

In force

(1)

A person must obey a signal under section 459(2) to stop or not to move a vehicle, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not obeying the signal.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2)

It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to stop or to move the vehicle if—

(a)

to obey immediately the signal would have endangered the person or another person; and

(b)

the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey the signal.

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471 Failure to comply with signal