Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
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Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009
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A driver must not stop on a road at night unless— if the driver’s vehicle is 2.2m wide, or wider—the clearance and side marker lights fitted to the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or in any other case—the parking lights fitted to the driver’s vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. This section does not apply to a driver if the driver stops on a length of road, or in an area, with street lighting and the driver’s vehicle is visible for at least 200m in all directions from the vehicle. In subsection (1) , a reference to a kind of light fitted to a vehicle is a reference to a light of that kind required to be fitted under— the heavy vehicle standards under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) ; or the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 . In this section— road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road. s 220 amd 2014 SL No. 8 s 71 ; 2021 SL No. 114 s 153 sch 5 (sec.220-ssec.1) A driver must not stop on a road at night unless— if the driver’s vehicle is 2.2m wide, or wider—the clearance and side marker lights fitted to the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or in any other case—the parking lights fitted to the driver’s vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible. Maximum penalty—20 penalty units. (sec.220-ssec.2) This section does not apply to a driver if the driver stops on a length of road, or in an area, with street lighting and the driver’s vehicle is visible for at least 200m in all directions from the vehicle. (sec.220-ssec.3) In subsection (1) , a reference to a kind of light fitted to a vehicle is a reference to a light of that kind required to be fitted under— the heavy vehicle standards under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) ; or the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 . (sec.220-ssec.4) In this section— road does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.