AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 189
AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 189
(1) A driver must not
stop on a road if to do so would put any part of the vehicle that he or she is
driving between a vehicle that is parked on the road and the centre of the
road.
Offence provision.
Examples—
Example 1 Double parked on a two-way road without a dividing line |
Example 2 Double parked on a two-way road with a centre dividing line |
Example 3 Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on
the left side of the road |
Example 4 Double parked on the left side of a one-way road with other vehicles lawfully
parked on the right side of the road |
In the examples, the vehicle marked with an "X" is stopped in contravention of
this rule.
(2) A driver does not
contravene this rule by parking on the side of the road, or in a median strip
parking area, in accordance with rule 210.
Note—
"Median strip parking area" is defined in the dictionary.
Example—
In the example, the angle-parked vehicles are not stopped in contravention of
this rule.