Double parking
189 Double parking
(1) A driver must not stop on a road if to do so would put any part of the vehicle that he or she is driving between a vehicle that is parked on the road and the centre of the road.
Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
Note.
One-way road and two-way road are defined in the Dictionary.
Examples.
| Example 1Double parked on a two-way road without a dividing line | Example 2Double parked on two-way road with a centre dividing line |
| Example 3Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on the left side of the road | Example 4Double parked on the left side of a one-way road with other vehicles lawfully parked on the right side of the road |
In the examples, the vehicle marked with an “X” is stopped in contravention of this rule.
(2) A driver does not contravene this rule by parking on the side of the road, or in a median strip parking area, in accordance with rule 210.
Note.
Median strip parking area is defined in the Dictionary.
Example.
In the example, the angle-parked vehicles are not stopped in contravention of this rule.
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