Victorian Consolidated Regulations Victorian Consolidated Regulations(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: 5 penalty units.
Note
Pedestrian crossing is defined in subrule (3).
Rule 81(2) amended by S.R. No. 96/2019 rule 5.
(2) A driver must give way to any pedestrian on or entering a pedestrian crossing.
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Note
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.
(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.
Notes
1 Twin yellow lights is defined in the dictionary.
2 Rule 322(3) and (4) deal with the meaning of a traffic sign at a place.
Pedestrian crossing sign
Examples
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Example 1 Giving way to a pedestrian on |
Example 2 Giving way to a pedestrian on a pedestrian crossing at a slip lane |
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In each of these examples, the driver must give way to the pedestrian on the crossing.
