Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
sec.171Stopping on or near a children’s crossing
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sec.171 Stopping on or near a children’s crossing
A driver driving along a road must not— stop on a children’s crossing on the road; or stop on the road within 20m before a children’s crossing or 10m after a children’s crossing, unless the driver— stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies; and is permitted to stop at that place under this regulation. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. For this section, distances are measured— in the direction in which the driver is driving; and as shown in example 1 or 2. In this section— road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road. s 171 amd 2013 SL No. 192 s 26 ; 2022 SL No. 142 s 56 (sec.171-ssec.1) A driver driving along a road must not— stop on a children’s crossing on the road; or stop on the road within 20m before a children’s crossing or 10m after a children’s crossing, unless the driver— stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies; and is permitted to stop at that place under this regulation. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.171-ssec.2) For this section, distances are measured— in the direction in which the driver is driving; and as shown in example 1 or 2. (sec.171-ssec.3) In this section— road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.
- (a) stop on a children’s crossing on the road; or
- (b) stop on the road within 20m before a children’s crossing or 10m after a children’s crossing, unless the driver— (i) stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies; and (ii) is permitted to stop at that place under this regulation.
- (i) stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies; and
- (ii) is permitted to stop at that place under this regulation.
- (i) stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies; and
- (ii) is permitted to stop at that place under this regulation.
- (a) in the direction in which the driver is driving; and
- (b) as shown in example 1 or 2.