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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 220 Using lights on vehicles that are stopped

This legislation has been repealed.

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 220

Using lights on vehicles that are stopped

220 Using lights on vehicles that are stopped

(1) A driver must not stop on a road at night unless:
(a) if the driver's vehicle is 2.2 metres 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.
: Offence provision.
Note :
"Driver's vehicle" and
"night" are defined in the dictionary.
(2) This rule 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 200 metres in all directions from the vehicle.
Note :
"Length" of road is defined in the dictionary.
(3) In subrule (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 another law of this jurisdiction.
(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.