Road Rules 2019
190Stopping in or near a safety zone
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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 the Road Rules.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 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
The vehicles marked with an X are stopped in contravention of this rule.

