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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 196 Stopping at or near a tram stop

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 196

Stopping at or near a tram stop

196 Stopping at or near a tram stop

(1) A driver (except the driver of a tram or a public bus travelling along tram tracks) must not stop at a tram stop or on the road within 10 metres before a sign on the road displaying the words "tram stop" or "tram stop request".
: Offence provision.
Note 1 :
"Public bus" ,
"tram" and
"travelling along tram tracks" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2 : A driver stops within a particular distance before a sign indicating a tram stop if the driver stops so any part of the driver's vehicle is within that distance--see rule 350 (2).
(2) For this rule, the distance is measured in the direction in which the driver is driving.
(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.