Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part III · Roads
75. Pedestrian crossings
Feedback & supportCrossings for pedestrians (in this section hereinafter referred to as “crossing”) may be established on roads in accordance with this section, and not otherwise.
The Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister charged with the responsibility for works, may make rules with respect to the precedence of vehicles and pedestrians respectively, and generally
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for transport;
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with respect to the movement of traffic (including pedestrians) at and in the vicinity of a crossing (including rules prohibiting pedestrians on the carriageway within one hundred metres of a crossing), and with respect to the indication of the limits of a crossing by marks on the roadway or otherwise, and to the erection of traffic signs in connection therewith.
traffic
“traffic” includes micromobility vehicles, motor vehicles, tram cars, vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, bodies of police or troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
Different rules may be made under this section in relation to different traffic conditions and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, different rules may be made in relation to crossings in the vicinity of, and at a distance from, a junction of roads, and to traffic which is controlled by the police, by traffic warden and by traffic signals and by different kinds of traffic signals and to traffic which is not so controlled.
traffic warden
“traffic warden” means any person appointed to be a traffic warden by the Dato Bandar, the Perbadanan Putrajaya, the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council under section 3;
An appropriate authority may, with the approval of the Minister charged with the responsibility for works in relation to a Federal road, and in any case after consultation with the Chief Police Officer, establish such crossings as it thinks fit, and shall execute any works
(including the placing, erection and maintenance of marks and traffic signs) required in connection with such crossings, or with the indication in accordance with the rules made under this section.
traffic signs
“traffic signs” includes all signals, warning sign posts, direction posts, signs, marks or devices erected or provided on or near a road for the information, guidance or direction of persons using the road;
If any person contravenes any rule having effect in relation to a crossing he shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit.