Pedestrians travelling along a road (except while travelling on an electric personal transporter or in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy)
238 Pedestrians travelling along a road (except while travelling on an electric personal transporter or in or on a wheeled recreational device or toy)
A pedestrian must not travel along a road if there is a footpath or nature strip adjacent to the road, unless it is impracticable to travel on the footpath or nature strip.
- 2 penalty units.
Note
Footpath and nature strip are defined in the dictionary.
A pedestrian travelling along a road—
must keep as far to the left or right side of the road as is practicable; and
must, when moving forward, face approaching traffic that is moving in the direction opposite to which the pedestrian is travelling, unless it is impracticable to do so; and
must not travel on the road alongside more than one other pedestrian or vehicle travelling on the road in the same direction as the pedestrian, unless the pedestrian is overtaking other pedestrians.
- 2 penalty units.
This rule does not apply to a pedestrian in a shared zone.
Note
Shared zone is defined in the dictionary.
In this rule—
pedestrian does not include a person travelling on an electric personal transporter or in or on a wheeled recreational device or wheeled toy;
road does not include a road related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.
Notes
1 Road related area is defined in rule 13 and shoulder is defined in rule 12. Electric personal transporter, wheeled recreational device and wheeled toy are defined in the dictionary.
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