198Obstructing access to and from a footpath, driveway etc

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.

Note: Example

Blocking a driveway

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Note: 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.