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ROAD TRANSPORT (ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2017 (NO 43 OF 2017) - REG 220

Using lights on vehicle that is stopped

    (1)     A driver must not stop on a road at night unless—

        (a)     if the driver's vehicle is 2.2m wide, or wider—the clearance and side marker lights fitted to the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or

        (b)     in any other case—the parking lights fitted to the driver's vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

    (2)     This section does not apply to a driver if the driver stops on a length of road, or in an area, with street lighting and the driver's vehicle is visible for at least 200m in all directions from the vehicle.

    (3)     In subsection (1), a reference to a kind of light fitted to a vehicle is a reference to a light of that kind required to be fitted to the vehicle under the Road Transport (Vehicle Registration) Regulation 2000

, schedule 1 (Light vehicle standards).

    (4)     In this section:

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



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