Driving on a path
288 Driving on a path
Rule 288(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 93(1)(a).
A driver (except the rider of a bicycle or an electric scooter) must not drive on a path, unless subrule (2) or (3) applies to the driver.
- 3 penalty units.
Note to rule 288(1) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 93(2).
Note
Bicycle and electric scooter are defined in the dictionary. Path is defined in subrule (6).
A driver may drive on a path if the driver is—
driving on a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive; or
driving on the path to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road related area or adjacent land and there is not a part of the path indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a part where vehicles may drive.
Note
Adjacent land, traffic control device and with are defined in the dictionary. Road related area is defined in rule 13.
A driver may drive a motorised wheelchair on a path if—
the unladen mass of the wheelchair is not over 110 kilograms; and
the wheelchair is not travelling over 10 kilometres per hour; and
Rule 288(3)(c) substituted by S.R. No. 121/2020 rule 11.
the driver has a reasonable need to use a wheelchair—
because of the driver's physical condition; or
for the purpose of training under the instruction or supervision of a registered health practitioner.
Note
Wheelchair is defined in the dictionary.
Rule 288(4) amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 93(1)(b).
A driver on a path (except the rider of a bicycle, the rider of an electric scooter, or a driver driving on the path to enter a road from a road related area or adjacent land, or to enter a road related area or adjacent land from a road) must give way to all other road users, and to animals, on the path.
- 5 penalty units.
Notes
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