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208AParallel parking in a road related area (except in a median strip parking area)
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#### 208A Parallel parking in a road related area (except in a median strip parking area)
208A Parallel parking in a road related area (except in a median strip parking area)
> > (1) A driver who parks in a road related area (except in a median strip parking area) must position the driver’s vehicle to face—
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> > > (a) in the direction of travel of vehicles in the marked lane or line of traffic next to the part of the road related area where the driver parks, or
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> > > (b) if there is no traffic next to that part of the road related area—in the direction in which vehicles could lawfully travel in the road related area, or
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> > > (c) if the road related area is an area that divides a road—either—
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> > > > (i) in the direction of travel of vehicles in the marked lane or line of traffic to the left of the driver, or
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> > > > (ii) if there is no traffic to the left of the driver—in the direction in which vehicles could lawfully travel on that part of the road.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Driver’s vehicle, line of traffic, marked lane and median strip parking area are defined in the Dictionary and road related area is defined in rule 13.
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> > (2) Subrule (1) does not apply if—
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> > > (a) another law of this jurisdiction permits the driver to park in another manner in the road related area, or
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> > > (b) signs or road markings indicate that angle parking is required in the road related area.