New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 176-1

176-1 NSW rule: stopping next to clearway (no stopping) line

(1) A driver (other than an authorised driver) must not stop at the side of a road marked with a clearway (no stopping) line unless it is in accordance with a clearway sign applying to that length of road.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note : Rule 176 sets out when a driver may stop on a length of road to which a clearway sign applies.

(2) A
"clearway (no stopping) line" is a broken longitudinal yellow line marked--

(a) on the top or side of the kerb of a road, or

(b) on the carriageway of a road adjacent to the kerb, or

(c) if there is no kerb, along a lateral boundary of the carriageway.

Note :
"Carriageway" is defined in the Dictionary.

(3) In this rule--

"authorised driver" means--

(a) the driver of a bus being used to provide a regular bus service at a bus stop, or

(b) the driver of a taxi dropping off, or picking up, passengers, or

(c) the driver of a postal vehicle engaged in the clearance of mail from a public postbox.

Note 1 :
"Bus" ,
"postal vehicle" ,
"public postbox" ,
"regular bus service" and
"taxi" are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : This rule is an additional NSW road rule. There is no corresponding rule in the Australian Road Rules .