New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

10.1 Pedestrian crossings

• (1) A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must—

  • (a) give way to pedestrians, and to riders of wheeled recreational devices or mobility devices,—

    • (i) on the pedestrian crossing; or

    • (ii) obviously waiting to cross it and who are not behind a school patrol sign; and

  • (b) if necessary, slow down and stop the driver's vehicle for that purpose.

  (2) A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must not enter the crossing if the driver's intended passage is blocked by stationary traffic.

  (3) For the purposes of this clause, if a pedestrian crossing is interrupted by a raised traffic island, the parts of the crossing that are situated on different sides of that traffic island must be regarded as separate pedestrian crossings.

  (4) This clause does not apply to a pedestrian crossing that is for the time being controlled by an enforcement officer.

  Compare: SR 1976/227 r 12(1), (3)

  Clause 10.1(1)(a): substituted, on 1 November 2009, by clause 34 of the Land Transport (Road User) Amendment Rule 2009 (SR 2009/253).

  Clause 10.1(1)(a)(ii): amended, on 1 October 2011, by clause 19 of the Land Transport (Road User) Amendment Rule 2011 (SR 2011/307).