177Stopping on a freeway

177 Stopping on a freeway

(1) A driver must not stop on a freeway unless the driver stops in an emergency stopping lane.

1 Emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.

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 sign

There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these signs—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.

Rule 178 amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 60(1).