Road Rules 2019
199Stopping near a postbox
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199 Stopping near a postbox
(1) A driver must not stop on a road within 3 metres of a public postbox, unless the driver –
(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or mail; or
(b) 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 2 penalty units.
Note Parking control sign is defined in the dictionary.
(2) In this rule –
public postbox means a structure that is declared to be a public postbox, for the Road Rules, under another law of this jurisdiction.