Road Safety Road Rules 2017
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 these Rules.
1 Parking control sign is defined in the dictionary. Safety zone is defined in rule 162.
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).
(b) from the end of the structure; and
(c) as shown in the example.
Safety zone sign
Measurement of distance—safety zone
In the example, the vehicles marked with an "X" are stopped in contravention of this rule.