170Stopping in or near an intersection

170 Stopping in or near an intersection (1) A driver must not stop in an intersection unless: (a) the driver is permitted to stop at that place under the Australian Road Rules; or (b) the intersection is a T-intersection without traffic lights and the driver stops along the continuous side of the continuing road at the intersection. Note Continuing road, intersection and T-intersection are defined in the dictionary. (2) A driver must not stop on a road within 20 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection with traffic lights, 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 the Australian Road Rules. 1 Parking control sign and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary. 2 A driver stops within a particular distance from an intersection if the driver stops so any part of the driver's vehicle is within that distance – see (3) A driver must not stop on a road within 10 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting road at an intersection without traffic lights, unless the driver stops: (a) 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 Australian Road Rules; or

Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 171 (b) if the intersection is a T-intersection – along the continuous side of the continuing road at the intersection. Note Continuing road and T-intersection are defined in the dictionary. (4) For this rule, distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving, and: (a) for subrule (2) – as shown in example 1; or (b) for subrule (3) – as shown in example 2. Note Measurement of distance – intersection with traffic lights Measurement of distance – T-intersection without traffic lights

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