Road Rules 2019

A pedestrian must not cross a road, or part of a road, within 20 metres of a crossing on the road, except at the crossing or another crossing, unless the pedestrian is – crossing, or helping another pedestrian to cross, an area of the road between tram tracks and the far left side of the road to get on, or after getting off, a tram or public bus; or crossing to or from a safety zone; or crossing at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross diagonally sign; or crossing in a shared zone; or crossing a road, or a part of a road, from which vehicles are excluded, either permanently or temporarily. Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.Intersection, public bus, traffic lights, tramand tram tracks are defined in the dictionary, safety zone is defined in rule 162, and shared zone is defined in rule 24.

A pedestrian must not stay on a crossing on a road for longer than necessary to cross the road safely. Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Subrule (2) does not apply to a person who is helping pedestrians cross a road at a crossing if the person is permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction.

In this rule – crossing means a children’s crossing, marked foot crossing or pedestrian crossing.Children’s crossing is defined in rule 80, marked foot crossing is defined in the dictionary, and pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81.