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189Double parking
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189 Double parking (1) A driver must not stop on a road if to do so would put any part of the vehicle that the driver is driving between a vehicle that is parked on the road and the centre of the road. Double parked on a two-way road without a dividing line
Double parked on two-way road with a centre dividing line Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on the left side of the road
Double parked on the left side of a one-way road with other vehicles lawfully parked on the right side of the road (2) A driver does not contravene this section by parking on the side of the road, or in a median strip parking area, in accordance with section 210 (Angle parking). In this example, the angle-parked vehicles are not stopped in contravention of this
(3) Also, the rider of a motorbike may stop on the road with part of the motorbike between another motorbike that is parked on the road and the centre of the road if both motorbikes are parked within the same parking bay.