170Stopping in or near an intersection

170 Stopping in or near an intersection

(1) A driver must not stop in an intersection unless: (a) the driver is permitted to stop at that place under the Australian Road Rules; or (b) the intersection is a T‑intersection without traffic lights and the driver stops along the continuous side of the continuing road at the intersection.

Offence provision.

Note: Continuing road, intersection and T‑intersection are defined in the dictionary.

(2) A driver must not stop on a road within 20 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection with traffic lights, 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 Australian Road Rules.

Offence provision.

Note 1: Parking control sign and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary.

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

(3) A driver must not stop on a road within 10 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection without traffic lights, unless the driver stops: (a) 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 Australian Road Rules; or (b) if the intersection is a T–intersection—along the continuous side of the continuing road at the intersection.

Offence provision.

Note: Continuing road and T–intersection are defined in the dictionary.

(4) For this rule, distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving, and: (a) for subrule (2)—as shown in example 1; or (b) for subrule (3)—as shown in example 2. (5) 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.

Note: Examples

Example 1

Measurement of distance—intersection with traffic lights

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Example 2

Measurement of distance—T–intersection without traffic lights

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