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AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 198

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 198

198—Obstructing access to and from a footpath, driveway etc

        (1)         A driver must not stop on a road in a position that obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from a footpath ramp or a similar way of access to a footpath, or a bicycle path or passageway unless—

            (a)         the driver is driving a public bus that is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or

            (b)         the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under the Australian Road Rules .

Offence provision.

Note—

"Bicycle path" is defined in rule 239, and "footpath", "parking bay" and "public bus" are defined in the dictionary.

        (2)         A driver must not stop on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles travelling to or from adjacent land unless—

            (a)         the driver—

                  (i)         is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; and

                  (ii)         does not leave the vehicle unattended; and

                  (iii)         completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers, and drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within 2 minutes after stopping; or

            (b)         the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under the Australian Road Rules .

Offence provision.

Note 1—

"Adjacent land" is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2—

A driver stops on or across a driveway or way of access if any part of the vehicle is on or across the driveway or way of access—see rule 350.

Example—

Blocking a driveway

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In the example, the vehicle marked with an "X" is stopped in contravention of subrule (2).

        (3)         For this rule, a driver leaves a vehicle "unattended" if the driver leaves the vehicle so that the driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.