171Stopping on or near a children’s crossing

171 Stopping on or near a children’s crossing

(1)  A driver must not stop on a children’s crossing, or on the road within 20 metres before the crossing and 10 metres after the crossing, 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 the Road Rules.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 Children’s crossing is defined in rule 80, and parking control sign is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2 A driver stops within a particular distance from a children’s crossing if the driver stops so any part of the driver’s 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) as shown in example 1 or 2.

(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.

Example 1 Measurement of distance – children's crossing with red and white posts

Example 2 Measurement of distance – children's crossing with 2 parallel continuous or broken lines