TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SCHEDULE 3 - AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES 1999
167No stopping signs
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167 No stopping signs A driver must not stop on a length of road or in an area to which a no stopping sign applies. Note Another law of this jurisdiction may provide transitional arrangements dealing with no standing signs. No stopping signs 1 There are a number of other permitted versions of these signs – see the 2 A no stopping sign may have an arrow pointing in a different direction and 168 No park ing signs (1) The driver of a vehicle must not stop on a length of road or in an area to which a no parking sign applies, unless the driver: (a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; and (b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and (c) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods, and drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within the required time after stopping.
Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 169 (2) For this rule, a driver leaves a vehicle unattended if the driver leaves the vehicle so the driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle. required time means: (a) if information on or with the sign indicates a time – the indicated time; or (b) if there is no indicated time – 2 minutes; or (c) if there is no indicated time, or the indicated time is less than 5 minutes, and rule 206 applies to the driver – 5 minutes. 1 With is defined in the dictionary. 2 Rule 206 applies to a driver if the driver's vehicle displays a current parking permit for people with disabilities and the driver complies with the conditions of use of the permit – see rule 206(1). No parking signs 2 A no parking sign may have an arrow pointing in a different direction and