TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SCHEDULE 3 - AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES 1999
174Stopping on or near a bicycle crossing (except at an
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174 Stopping on or near a bicycle crossing (except at an (2) A driver must not stop on a bicycle crossing or within 10 metres before the traffic lights nearest to the driver at the bicycle crossing, and 3 metres after the 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 2 A driver stops within a particular distance from traffic lights if the driver stops so any part of the driver's vehicle is within that distance – see rule 350(2). (3) For this rule, distances are measured: bicycle crossing means an area of road: (a) with bicycle crossing lights facing bicycle riders crossing the (b) with traffic lights facing traffic travelling on the road; and (c) that is not at an intersection.
Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 176 Note Bicycle crossing lights, intersection and traffic lights are defined in the dictionary, road-related area is defined in rule 13 and shoulder is defined in rule 12. Measurement of distance – bicycle crossing lights