Stopping on a freeway
177 Stopping on a freeway
A driver must not stop on a freeway unless:
the driver stops in an emergency stopping lane; or
the driver's vehicle is permitted to stop on the freeway under another law of this jurisdiction.
Offence provision.
Notes
1 Driver's vehicle is defined in the dictionary, and emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.
2 Rule 178 sets out when a driver can stop in an emergency stopping lane.
A freeway is a length of road to which a freeway sign applies.
A freeway sign on a road applies to a length of road beginning at the sign (including any road into which the length of road merges) and ending at the next end freeway sign on the road.
Freeway signs
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End freeway sign
Note for diagrams
There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these signs – see the diagrams in
Schedule 3.
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