Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 (NO 43 OF 2017) - REG 74

    (1)     A driver entering a road from a road related area, or adjacent land, without traffic lights or a stop sign, stop line, give way sign or give way line must give way to—

        (a)     any vehicle travelling on the road or turning into the road (except a vehicle turning right into the road from a road related area or adjacent land); and

        (b)     any pedestrian on the road; and

        (c)     any vehicle or pedestrian on any road related area that the driver crosses to enter the road; and

        (d)     for a driver entering the road from a road related area—

              (i)     any pedestrian on the road related area; and

              (ii)     any other vehicle ahead of the driver's vehicle or approaching from the left or right.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     In this section:

"road" does not include a road related area.

Example

Driver entering a road from a road related area giving way to a pedestrian on the footpath and a vehicle on the road

In this example, vehicle B must give way to the pedestrian on the footpath and to vehicle A.