AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 173 Stopping on or near a marked foot crossing (except at an intersection)

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 173

173 Stopping on or near a marked foot crossing (except at an intersection)

(1) A driver must not stop on a marked foot crossing that is not at an intersection, or on the road within 10 metres before the traffic lights pole nearest to the driver at the crossing and 3 metres after the crossing, 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 the Australian Road Rules .

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Intersection" ,
"marked foot crossing" ,
"parking control sign" and
"traffic lights pole" are defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 : A driver stops within a particular distance from a traffic lights pole or a crossing if the driver stops so any part of the driver's vehicle is within that distance--see rule 350 (2).

(2) For this rule, distances are measured:

(a) in the direction in which the driver is driving, and

(b) as shown in the example.

(3) In this rule:


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

Note :
"Road-related area" is defined in rule 13, and
"shoulder" is defined in rule 12.

Example :