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ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 (NO 43 OF 2017) - REG 195

Stopping at or near bus stop

    (1)     A driver (except the driver of a public bus) must not stop at a bus stop, or on the road, within 20m before a sign on the road that indicates the bus stop, and 10m after the sign, 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.

    (1A)     However, the driver of a demand responsive service vehicle may stop at a bus stop, or on the road, within 20m before a sign on the road that indicates the bus stop, and 10m after the sign if—

        (a)     the driver is dropping off or picking up passengers; and

        (b)     the vehicle is authorised to stop at the bus stop under an authority under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002

, section 305 (1) (DRS vehicles—bus stop and bus zone authorities).

    (2)     For this section, distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving.

    (3)     In this section:

"authorised to stop", at a bus stop, for a demand responsive service vehicle, means a bus stop that the demand responsive service vehicle is authorised to stop at under an authority under the Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Regulation 2002

, section 305 (1).

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



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