68—Stopping and giving way at a stop sign or stop line at other places
(1) A driver
approaching or at a place with a stop sign or stop line must stop and give way
in accordance with this rule, unless the place is—
(a) an
intersection; or
(b) a
children's crossing; or
(c) an
area of a road that is not a children's crossing only because it does not
have—
(i)
children crossing flags; or
(ii)
children's crossing signs and twin yellow lights; or
(d) a
level crossing; or
(e) a
place with twin red lights.
Offence provision.
Examples—
1 A stop sign at a break in a dividing strip
dividing the part of the road used by the main body of moving vehicles from a
service road.
2 A stop sign on an exit from a carpark where the
exit joins the road.
Note 1—
"Children's crossing" is defined in rule 80, "intersection", "stop line" and
"twin red lights" are defined in the dictionary, and "level crossing" is
defined in rule 120.
Note 2—
For this rule, "give way" means the driver must remain stationary until it is
safe for the driver to proceed—see the definition in the dictionary.
Note 3—
For the stopping and giving way rules applying to a driver at an intersection
or level crossing with a stop sign or stop line, see rule 67 (intersections)
and rule 121 (level crossings). Rule 80 deals with stopping at a stop line at
a children's crossing.
(2) The driver must
stop as near as practicable to, but before reaching—
(a) the
stop line; or
(b) if
there is no stop line—the stop sign.
(3) The driver must
give way to any vehicle or pedestrian at or near the stop line or stop sign.
Examples—
Example 1 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign at a break in a dividing strip |
Example 2 Stopping and giving way at a stop sign where a carpark exit joins a road |
In each example, vehicle B must stop and give way to vehicle A.