Double parking
189 Double parking
A driver must not stop on a road if to do so would put any part of the vehicle that the driver is driving between a vehicle that is parked on the road and the centre of the road.
Penalty: 3 penalty units.
Note
One-way road and two-way road are defined in the dictionary.
Examples
Example 1 | Example 2 |
Double parked on a two-way road without a dividing line | Double parked on a two-way road with a dividing line |
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Example 3 | Example 4 |
Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on the left side of the road | Double parked on the left side of a one-way road with other vehicles lawfully parked on the right side of the road |
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In the examples, the vehicle marked with an "X" is stopped in contravention of this rule.
A driver does not contravene this rule by parking on the side of the road, or in a median strip parking area, in accordance with rule 210.
Note
Median strip parking area is defined in the dictionary.
Example
Vehicles parked in a parking area—not in contravention of this rule
In the example, the angle-parked vehicles are not stopped in contravention of this rule.
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