190Stopping in or near a safety zone

#### 190 Stopping in or near a safety zone 190 Stopping in or near a safety zone > > (1) A driver must not stop in a safety zone, or on a road within 10 metres before or after a safety zone, 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 1. > > > > Parking control sign is defined in the Dictionary, and safety zone is defined in rule 162. > > > > Note 2. > > > > A driver stops within a particular distance before or after something if the driver stops so any part of the 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) from the end of the structure, and > > > > > (c) 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. > > > > Road related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12. > > | Safety zone sign | > > Example. > > | Measurement of distance—safety zone | > > In the example, the vehicles marked with an “X” are stopped in contravention of this rule.