Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 236

236 Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction

(1) A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) For subsection (2) , a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians.

(4) A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road—

(a) to solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or

(b) to hitchhike; or

(c) to display an advertisement; or

(d) to sell things or offer things for sale; or

(e) to wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, a vehicle’s windscreen.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(5) A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on the road.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(6) Subsections (4) (a) , (c) and (d) and (5) do not apply to a pedestrian who is engaged in roadside vending under a permit or other authority given to the person under a local law.

(7) In this section—

"road" includes a shoulder of a road, a median strip, a painted island or a traffic island, but does not include another road-related area.