Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver must not stop on a bicycle crossing or within 10 metres before the traffic lights nearest to the driver at the bicycle crossing, and 3 metres after the traffic lights, unless the driver stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under the Australian Road Rules.

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Parking control sign is defined in the dictionary.

2 A driver stops within a particular distance from traffic lights if the driver stops so any

part of the driver's vehicle is within that distance – see rule 350(2).

For this rule, distances are measured:

in the direction in which the driver is driving; and

as shown in the example.

In this rule:

bicycle crossing means an area of road:

with bicycle crossing lights facing bicycle riders crossing the road; and

with traffic lights facing traffic travelling on the road; and

that is not at an intersection.

road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.

Note

Bicycle crossing lights,

intersection and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary, road-related area is defined in rule 13 and

shoulder is defined in rule 12.

Example

Measurement of distance – bicycle crossing lights