Division 2No stopping and parking signs and road markings#

167No stopping signs#

A driver must not stop on a length of road or in an area to which a no stopping sign applies.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Examples of no stopping signs—

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168No parking signs#

1. (1)The driver of a vehicle must not stop on a length of road or in an area to which a no parking sign applies, unless the driver—

1. (a)is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; and
2. (b)does not leave the vehicle unattended; and
3. (c)completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods, and drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within the required time after stopping.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

1. (2)For this section, a driver leaves a vehicle unattended if the driver leaves the vehicle so the driver is over 3m from the closest point of the vehicle.

1. (3)In this section—

required time

required time means—

1. (a)if information on or with the sign indicates a time—the indicated time; or
2. (b)if there is no indicated time—2 minutes; or
3. (c)if there is no indicated time, or the indicated time is less than 5 minutes, and section 206 applies to the driver—5 minutes.

Examples of no parking signs—

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169No stopping on a road with a yellow edge line#

A driver must not stop at the side of a road marked with a continuous yellow edge line.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.