(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 Road Rules .

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

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

The vehicles marked with an X are stopped in contravention of this rule.