AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 174 Stopping at or near bicycle crossing lights (except at an intersection)

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 174

174 Stopping at or near bicycle crossing lights (except at an intersection)

(1) This rule applies to a place on a road:

(a) with bicycle crossing lights facing bicycle riders crossing the road, and

(b) with traffic lights facing traffic travelling on the road, and

(c) that is not at an intersection.

Note :
"Bicycle crossing lights" ,
"intersection" and
"traffic lights" are defined in the dictionary.

(2) A driver must not stop within 10 metres before the traffic lights nearest to the driver at the place, and 3 metres after the 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 the Australian Road Rules .

: Offence provision.

Note 1 :
"Parking control sign" is defined in the dictionary.

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

(3) For this rule, distances are measured:

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

(b) as shown in the example.

(4) 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 :