176–1 NSW rule: stopping next to clearway (no stopping) line
176.1 176–1 NSW rule: stopping next to clearway (no stopping) line
A driver (other than an authorised driver) must not stop at the side of a road marked with a clearway (no stopping) line unless it is in accordance with a clearway sign applying to that length of road.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Note.
Rule 176 sets out when a driver may stop on a length of road to which a clearway sign applies.
A clearway (no stopping) line is a broken longitudinal yellow line marked—
on the top or side of the kerb of a road, or
on the carriageway of a road adjacent to the kerb, or
if there is no kerb, along a lateral boundary of the carriageway.
Note.
Carriageway is defined in the Dictionary.
In this rule—
authorised driver means—
the driver of a bus being used to provide a regular bus service at a bus stop, or
the driver of a taxi dropping off, or picking up, passengers, or
the driver of a postal vehicle engaged in the clearance of mail from a public postbox.
Note 1.
Bus, postal vehicle, public postbox, regular bus service and taxi are defined in the Dictionary.
Note 2.
This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules.
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