New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 74

74 Giving way when entering a road from a road-related area or adjacent land

(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--any pedestrian on the road-related area.

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Adjacent land" ,
"give way line" ,
"stop line" and
"traffic lights" are defined in the dictionary, and
"road-related area" is defined in rule 13.

Note 2 : Adjacent land or a road-related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre--see the definitions of
"adjacent land" and
"road-related area" . Some shopping centres may include roads--see the definition of
"road" in rule 12.

Note 3 : 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.

Note 4 : 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.

(2) In this rule:

"road" does not include a road-related area.

Note : A
"road-related area" includes any shoulder of a road--see rule 13.

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