Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716:clause:4_164
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 164
Character Range: 226377–228155

164  Stopping beside a stopped tram at a tram stop
 (1) A driver must comply with this rule if:
 (a) the driver is driving alongside, or overtaking, a tram travelling in the same direction as the driver; and
 (b) the tram stops at a tram stop, except at the far left side of the road; and
 (c) there is no safety zone, dividing strip or traffic island between the tram and the part of the road where the driver is driving.
Offence provision.
Note: Dividing strip, traffic island and tram stop are defined in the dictionary, and safety zone is defined in rule 162.
 (2) The driver must stop.
 (3) After stopping in accordance with subrule (2), the driver must not proceed if:
 (a) the tram doors are open; or
 (b) a pedestrian is entering or crossing the road between the tram tracks and the far left side of the road.
 (4) After stopping in accordance with subrule (2), if the tram remains at the tram stop and subrules (3)(a) and (b) do not apply, the driver must not proceed past the tram at a speed greater than 10 kilometres per hour.
 (5) However, subrules (2), (3) and (4) do not apply if the driver is directed to drive past the tram by an authorised person.
 (6) In this rule:
tram includes a bus travelling along tram tracks.

Part 12—Restrictions on stopping and parking

Division 1—General
Note 1: For the general rules about the application of traffic signs (including parking control signs), see Part 20, Divisions 2 and 3 especially rules 332 to 335 and 346. Parking control signs often include information about the times they apply and the types of vehicles to which they do not apply—see rules 317 and 318. For the meaning of abbreviations and symbols on parking control signs, see rule 347 and Schedule 1.
Note 2: Park and stop are defined in the dictionary.