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190Stopping in or near a safety zone
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#### 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.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note 1.
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> > Parking control sign is defined in the Dictionary, and safety zone is defined in rule 162.
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> > Note 2.
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> > 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).
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> > (2) For this rule, distances are measured—
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> > > (a) in the direction in which the driver is driving, and
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> > > (b) from the end of the structure, and
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> > > (c) as shown in the example.
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> > (3) In this rule—
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> > road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.
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> > Note.
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> > Road related area is defined in rule 13, and shoulder is defined in rule 12.
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> | Safety zone sign |
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> Example.
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> | Measurement of distance—safety zone |
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> In the example, the vehicles marked with an “X” are stopped in contravention of this rule.