TRAFFIC REGULATIONS, SCHEDULE 3 - AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES 1999
189Double parking
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189 Double parking (1) A driver must not stop on a road if to do so would put any part of the vehicle that the driver is driving between a vehicle that is parked on the road and the centre of the road. Double parked on a two-way road without a dividing line Double parked on a two-way road with a dividing line Example 3 Example 4 Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on the left side of the road Double parked on the left side of a one-way road with other vehicles lawfully parked on the right side of the road In the examples, the vehicle marked with an "X" is stopped in contravention of Note One-way road and two-way road are defined in the dictionary.
Traffic Regulations – Australian Road Rules 188 (2) A driver does not contravene this rule by parking on the side of the road, or in a median strip parking area, in accordance with rule 210. Note In the example, the vehicle marked with an "X" is stopped in contravention of this