21–1 NSW rule: school bus stop zone sign is speed limit sign
21.1 21–1 NSW rule: school bus stop zone sign is speed limit sign
(1) For the purposes of rule 21—
(a) a school bus stop zone sign is a speed limit sign, and
(b) an end school bus stop zone sign is an end speed limit sign in respect of a school bus stop zone sign.
(2) For the purposes of the application of this Part with respect to a length of road to which a school bus stop zone sign applies, the speed limit indicated by the sign applies to a driver only while the warning system of a bus is activated along that length of road.
Note.
Length of road is defined in the Dictionary.
(3) In this rule—
warning system of a bus means the warning system referred to in the Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021, section 18.
| School bus stop zone sign | End school bus stop zone sign |
Note for diagrams.
A school bus stop zone sign may have a different number on the sign—see rule 316(4).
Note.
This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules. Different speed limit signs may apply to drivers in other Australian jurisdictions.
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