Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 81

81 Giving way at a pedestrian crossing

(1) A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must drive at a speed at which the driver can, if necessary, stop safely before the crossing.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A driver must give way to any pedestrian, or any rider of a bicycle or a personal mobility device, on or entering a pedestrian crossing.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) A
"pedestrian crossing" is an area of a road—

(a) at a place with white stripes on the road surface that—

(i) run lengthwise along the road; and

(ii) are of approximately the same length; and

(iii) are approximately parallel to each other; and

(iv) are in a row that extends completely, or partly, across the road; and

(b) with or without either or both of the following—

(i) a pedestrian crossing sign;

(ii) alternating flashing twin yellow lights.

Examples—