The Pelican Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1987

Prohibition against overtaking at a “Pelican” crossing

19.  The driver of a vehicle while it or any part of it is in a “Pelican” controlled area and it is proceeding towards the limits of a “Pelican” crossing in relation to which the area is indicated (hereinafter referred to as “the approaching vehicle”) shall not cause that vehicle, or any part of it–

(a) to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area; or

(b) subject to the next succeeding regulation, to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle on the same side of the crossing as the approaching vehicle, which stationary vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with regulation 16 or 17.

For the purposes of this regulation–

(i) the reference to another moving motor vehicle is, in a case where only one other motor vehicle is proceeding in the same direction in a “Pelican” controlled area, a reference to that vehicle, and, in a case where more than one other motor vehicle is so proceeding, a reference to such one of those vehicles as is nearest to the limits of the crossing; and

(ii) the reference to a stationary vehicle is, in a case where only one other vehicle is stopped for the purpose of complying with regulation 16 or 17, a reference to that vehicle, and, in a case where more than one other vehicle is stopped for that purpose, a reference to such one of those vehicles as is nearest to the limits of the crossing.