234—Crossing a road on or near a crossing for pedestrians
(1) A pedestrian must
not cross a road, or part of a road, within 20 metres of a crossing on the
road, except at the crossing or another crossing, unless the pedestrian
is—
(a)
crossing, or helping another pedestrian to cross, an area of the road between
tram tracks and the far left side of the road to get on, or after getting off,
a tram or public bus; or
(b)
crossing to or from a safety zone; or
(c)
crossing at an intersection with traffic lights and a pedestrians may cross
diagonally sign; or
(d)
crossing in a shared zone; or
(e)
crossing a road, or a part of a road, from which vehicles are excluded, either
permanently or temporarily.
Offence provision.
SA NOTE—
For South Australia, see regulation 27 of the Road Traffic (Road
Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014 .
Note—
"Intersection", "public bus", "traffic lights", "tram" and "tram tracks" are
defined in the dictionary, "safety zone" is defined in rule 162, and "shared
zone" is defined in rule 24.
(2) A pedestrian must
not stay on a crossing on a road for longer than necessary to cross the road
safely.
Offence provision.
(3) Subrule (2) does
not apply to a person who is helping pedestrians cross a road at a crossing if
the person is permitted to do so under another law of this jurisdiction.
"crossing" means a children's crossing, marked foot crossing or pedestrian
crossing.
Note—
"Children's crossing" is defined in rule 80, "marked foot crossing" is defined
in the dictionary, and "pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81.
Pedestrians may cross diagonally sign
Note for diagram—
There is another permitted version of this sign—see the diagram in
Schedule 3.