If you need to cross a shoulder used by pedestrians to access a property or parking area, what must you do?

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According to General Traffic Regulations, drivers must yield to pedestrians whenever the vehicle crosses a shoulder where they are walking, even if there is no marked crosswalk. This is because, on roads without sidewalks, the shoulder is the designated zone for safe pedestrian transit. A driver leaving the roadway to cross the shoulder loses priority to the vulnerable users already occupying that path. Using acoustic signals is incorrect in this context as it is not an emergency situation, and continuing to drive without yielding would endanger the pedestrians.

If you need to cross a shoulder used by pedestrians to access a property or parking area, what must you do?

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