South Australian Current Regulations

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - REG 190

190—Stopping in or near a safety zone

        (1)         A driver must not stop in a safety zone, or on a road within 10 metres before or after a safety zone, unless the driver stops at a place on a length of road, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under the Australian Road Rules .

Offence provision.

Note 1—

"Parking control sign" is defined in the dictionary, and "safety zone" is defined in rule 162.

Note 2—

A driver stops within a particular distance before or after something if the driver stops so any part of the vehicle is within that distance—see rule 350(2).

        (2)         For this rule, distances are measured—

            (a)         in the direction in which the driver is driving; and

            (b)         from the end of the structure; and

            (c)         as shown in the example.

        (3)         In this rule—

"road" does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.

Note—

"Road-related area" is defined in rule 13, and "shoulder" is defined in rule 12.

Safety zone sign

Example—

Measurement of distance—safety zone

In the example, the vehicles marked with an "X" are stopped in contravention of this rule.