Victorian Consolidated Regulations

ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 75

    (1)     A driver entering a road related area or adjacent land, must give way in accordance with this rule if the place on the road is without all of the following—

        (a)     traffic lights;

        (b)     stop sign ;

        (c)     stop line;

        (d)     give way sign ;

        (e)     give way line.

Penalty:     5 penalty units.

    (2)     The driver entering the road related area or adjacent land 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.

Notes

1     "Adjacent land", continuing road , give way line"," oncoming vehicle , stop line , "straight ahead", T‑intersection and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary. Road related area is defined in rule 13.

2     Adjacent land or a road related area can include a driveway, service station or shopping centre. Some shopping centres may include roads—see the definition of "road "in rule 12.

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.

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. Rule 71 applies to the driver if there is a give way sign or give way line.

    (3)     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

Example 1 Driver turning right from a road into a road related area giving way to an oncoming vehicle that is going straight ahead and to a pedestrian on the footpath	Example 2 Driver crossing a continuing road at a T-intersection to enter a road related area giving way to a vehicle on the continuing road

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.

Division 4—Keeping clear of and giving way to particular vehicles