Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716:clause:4_236
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 236
Character Range: 311991–313365

236  Pedestrians not to cause a traffic hazard or obstruction
 (1) A pedestrian must not cause a traffic hazard by moving into the path of a driver.
Offence provision.
 (2) A pedestrian must not unreasonably obstruct the path of any driver or another pedestrian.
Offence provision.
 (3) For subrule (2), a pedestrian does not unreasonably obstruct the path of another pedestrian only by travelling more slowly than other pedestrians.
 (4) A pedestrian must not stand on, or move onto, a road to:
 (a) solicit contributions, employment or business from an occupant of a vehicle; or
 (b) hitchhike; or
 (c) display an advertisement; or
 (d) sell or offer articles for sale; or
 (e) wash or clean, or offer to wash or clean, the windscreen of a vehicle.
Offence provision.
 (5) A driver, or a passenger, in or on a vehicle must not buy, or offer to buy, an article or service from a person standing on a road.
Offence provision.
 (6) Subrules (4) and (5) do not apply to the carrying on of an activity permitted by another law of this jurisdiction.
 (7) In this rule:
road includes any shoulder of the road, and any median strip, painted island or traffic island, but does not include any other road‑related area.
Note: Median strip, painted island and traffic island are defined in the dictionary, shoulder is defined in rule 12, and road‑related area is defined in rule 13.