Road Rules 2019

A driver entering a road-related area or adjacent land from a place on a road without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line must give way to – any pedestrian on the road; and any vehicle or pedestrian on any road-related area that the driver crosses or enters; and if the driver is turning right from the road – any oncoming vehicle on the road that is going straight ahead or turning left; and if the road the driver is leaving ends at a T-intersection opposite the road-related area or adjacent land and the driver is crossing the continuing road – any vehicle on the continuing road. Fine not exceeding 10 penalty units.Adjacent land, continuing road, give way line, oncoming vehicle, stop line, straight ahead, T-intersectionandtraffic lights are defined in the dictionary, and road-related area is defined in rule 13. Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre – see the definitions of adjacent landandroad-related area. Some shopping centres may include roads – see the definition of road in rule 12. 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. Part 6 applies to the driver if there are traffic lights. 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.

In this rule – road does not include a road-related area. A road-related area includes any shoulder of a road – see rule 13.ExamplesDriver turning right from a road into a road-related area giving way to an oncoming vehicle that is going straight ahead and to a pedestrian on the footpath. Vehicle B must give way to vehicle A and to the pedestrian on the footpath.

Driver crossing a continuing road at a T-intersection to enter a road-related area giving way to a vehicle on the continuing road. Vehicle B must give way to vehicle A.