174Stopping on or near a bicycle crossing (except at an intersection)

#### 174 Stopping on or near a bicycle crossing (except at an intersection) 174 Stopping on or near a bicycle crossing (except at an intersection) > > (1) (Repealed) > > > (2) A driver must not stop on a bicycle crossing or within 10 metres before the traffic lights nearest to the driver at the bicycle crossing, and 3 metres after the 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 these Rules. > > > > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. > > > > Note. > > > > A driver stops within a particular distance from traffic lights if the driver stops so any part of the driver’s vehicle is within that distance—see rule 350(2). > > > (3) For this rule, distances are measured— > > > > > (a) in the direction in which the driver is driving, and > > > > > (b) as shown in the example. > > > (4) In this rule— > > > > bicycle crossing means an area of road— > > > > > (a) with bicycle crossing lights facing bicycle riders crossing the road, and > > > > > (b) with traffic lights facing traffic travelling on the road, and > > > > > (c) that is not at an intersection. > > > > road does not include a road related area, but includes any shoulder of the road. > > > > Note— > > > > Intersection, parking control sign and traffic lights are defined in the Dictionary, road related area is defined in rule 13 and shoulder is defined in rule 12. > > Example. > > | Measurement of distance—bicycle crossing lights | > > **rule 174:** Am 2022 (692), Sch 1\[18\]–\[25\].