177Stopping on a freeway

177 Stopping on a freeway

(1)  A driver must not stop on a freeway unless –

(a) the driver stops in an emergency stopping lane; or

(b) the driver’s vehicle is permitted to stop on the freeway under another law of this jurisdiction.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 Driver’s vehicle is defined in the dictionary, and emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.

Note 2 Rule 178 sets out when a driver can stop in an emergency stopping lane.

(2)  A freeway is a length of road to which a freeway sign applies.

(3)  A freeway sign on a road applies to a length of road beginning at the sign (including any road into which the length of road merges) and ending at the next end freeway sign on the road.

| Freeway signs |

| End freeway signs |

| Note for diagrams | There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these signs – see the diagrams in Schedule 3. |