Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver must not stop on a road in a position that obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from a footpath ramp or a similar way of access to a footpath, or a bicycle path or passageway unless:

the driver is driving a public bus that is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or

the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under the Australian Road Rules.

Offence provision.

Note

Bicycle path is defined in rule 239, and footpath, parking bay and

public bus are defined in the dictionary.

A driver must not stop on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles travelling to or from adjacent land unless:

the driver:

is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; and

does not leave the vehicle unattended; and

completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers, and drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within 2 minutes after stopping; or

the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under the Australian Road Rules.

Offence provision.

Notes

1 Adjacent land is defined in the dictionary.

2 A driver stops on or across a driveway or way of access if any part of the vehicle is on or across the driveway or way of access – see rule 350.

Example

Blocking a driveway

In the example, the vehicle marked with an "X" is stopped in contravention of subrule

.

For this rule, a driver leaves a vehicle unattended if the driver leaves the vehicle so that the driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.