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ROAD RULES 2019 - REG 172

Stopping on or near a pedestrian crossing (except at an intersection)
(1)  A driver must not stop on a pedestrian crossing that is not at an intersection, or on the road within 20 metres before the crossing and 10 metres after the crossing, unless the driver stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under the Road Rules .
Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 Intersection and parking control sign are defined in the dictionary, and pedestrian crossing is defined in rule 81.

Note 2 A driver stops within a particular distance from a crossing if the driver stops so any part of the driver’s vehicle is within that distance – see rule 350(2).

(2)  For this rule, distances are measured –
(a) in the direction in which the driver is driving; and
(b) as shown in the example.
(3)  In this rule –
road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.

Note 1

Road-related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.

Example 1
Measurement of distance – pedestrian crossing
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