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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 189

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 189

189—Double parking

        (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

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Example 2

Double parked on a two-way road with a centre dividing line

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Example 3

Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on the left side of the road

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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

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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—

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In the example, the angle-parked vehicles are not stopped in contravention of this rule.