New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 75

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

(1) 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:

(a) any pedestrian on the road, and

(b) any vehicle or pedestrian on any road-related area that the driver crosses or enters, and

(c) if the driver is turning right from the road--any oncoming vehicle on the road that is going straight ahead or turning left, and

(d) 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.

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Adjacent land" ,
"continuing road" ,
"give way line" ,
"oncoming vehicle" ,
"stop line" ,
"straight ahead" ,
"T-intersection" 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 : 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.

Note 4 : 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.

(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.

Examples :

In each example, vehicle B must give way to vehicle A. In example 1, vehicle B must also give way to the pedestrian on the footpath.