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ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 (NO 43 OF 2017) - REG 170

Stopping in or near intersection

    (1)     A driver must not stop in an intersection unless—

        (a)     the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this regulation; or

        (b)     the intersection is a T-intersection without traffic lights and the driver stops along the continuous side of the continuing road at the intersection.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     A driver must not stop on a road within 20m from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection with 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 this regulation.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (3)     A driver must not stop on a road within 10m from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection without traffic lights, unless the driver stops—

        (a)     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 this regulation; or

        (b)     if the intersection is a T-intersection—along the continuous side of the continuing road at the intersection.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (4)     For this section, distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving, and—

        (a)     for subsection (2)—as shown in example 1; or

        (b)     for subsection (3)—as shown in example 2.

    (5)     In this section:

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

Example 1

Measurement of distance—intersection with traffic lights

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Example 2

Measurement of distance—T-intersection without traffic lights

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