South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations208—Parallel parking on a road (except in a median strip parking area)
(1) A driver who parks
on a road (except in a median strip parking area) must position the driver's
vehicle in accordance with subrules (2) to (8).
Offence provision.
Note—
"Driver's vehicle" and "median strip parking area" are defined in the
dictionary.
(2) The driver must
position the vehicle to face—
(a) in
the direction of travel of vehicles in the marked lane or line of traffic on,
or next to, the part of the road where the driver parks; or
(b) if
there is no traffic on, or next to, that part of the road—in the
direction in which vehicles could lawfully travel on that part of the road.
Note—
"Marked lane" is defined in the dictionary.
(3) If the road is a
two-way road, the driver must position the vehicle parallel, and as near as
practicable, to the far left side of the road.
Note—
"Two-way road" is defined in the dictionary.
(4) If the road is a
one-way road, the driver must position the vehicle parallel, and as near as
practicable, to the far left or far right side of the road, unless otherwise
indicated by information on or with a parking control sign.
Note—
"One-way road", "parking control sign" and "with" are defined in the
dictionary.
(5) If the driver does
not park in a parking bay, the driver must position the vehicle at least 1
metre from the closest point of any vehicle in front of it and any vehicle
behind it.
Note—
"Parking bay" is defined in the dictionary.
(6) If the road has a
continuous dividing line or a dividing strip, the driver must position the
vehicle at least 3 metres from the continuous dividing line or dividing strip,
unless otherwise indicated by information on or with a parking control sign.
Note—
"Dividing line" and "dividing strip" are defined in the dictionary.
(7) If the road does
not have a continuous dividing line or a dividing strip, the driver must
position the vehicle so there is at least 3 metres of the road alongside the
vehicle that is clear for other vehicles to pass, unless otherwise indicated
by information on or with a parking control sign.
(8) The driver must
position the vehicle so the vehicle does not unreasonably obstruct the path of
other vehicles or pedestrians.
(9) This rule does not
apply to—
(a) a
driver if the driver parks on a length of road, or in an area, to which a
parking control sign or road marking applies, and information on or with the
sign or road marking includes the words "angle parking" or "angle"; or
(b) the
rider of a motor bike if the rider parks the motor bike on a length of road,
or in an area, to which a permissive parking sign applies and the sign
indicates that the length of road or area is for parking motor bikes.
Note 1—
"Motor bike" and "road marking" are defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
Division 9 deals with angle parking.
(10) Subrules (3) and
(4) do not apply to the rider of a motor bike if the rider positions the motor
bike so at least 1 wheel is as near as practicable to the far left or far
right side of the road.
(11) If a road has one
or more service roads, the part of the road used by the main body of moving
vehicles, and each service road, is taken to be a separate road for this rule.
Note—
"Part of the road used by the main body of moving vehicles" and "service road"
are defined in the dictionary.
"continuous dividing line" means—
(a) a
single continuous dividing line only; or
(b) a
single continuous dividing line to the left or right of a broken dividing
line; or
(c) 2
parallel continuous dividing lines.
"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.
Example—
Parallel parking—minimum distance from other vehicles and dividing strip
In the example, the vehicles marked with an "X" are parked in contravention of
this rule.