What the Law states - Driving a motor vehicle when directed to stop by police

Road Safety Act 1986 - SECT 64A

Driving a motor vehicle when directed to stop by police

64A. Driving a motor vehicle when directed to stop by police

(1) A person must not drive a motor vehicle if-

(a) he or she knows that he or she has been given a direction to stop; or

(b) he or she ought reasonably to know that he or she has been given a direction to stop.

(5) In this section direction to stop means any action taken by a member of the police force to indicate to a driver of a motor vehicle that he or she must stop the motor vehicle, including but not limited to the following-

(a) the giving of hand signals or the display of signs by the member of the police force;

(b) the-

(i) flashing of headlights of; or

(ii) use of red and blue flashing lights on; or

(iii) sounding of an alarm, siren or other warning device from- a motor vehicle that is being driven by a member of the police force in the course of his or her duties as a member of the police force.