Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver must not stop in a safety zone, or on a road within

10 metres before or after a safety zone, 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, and safety zone is defined in rule 162.

2 A driver stops within a particular distance before or after something if the driver stops so any part of the 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

from the end of the structure; and

as shown in the example.

In this rule:

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

Note

Road-related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.

Safety zone sign

Example

Measurement of distance – safety zone

In the example, the vehicles marked with an "X" are stopped in contravention of this rule.