Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716:clause:4_198
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016C00716
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 198
Character Range: 261000–262675

198  Obstructing access to and from a footpath, driveway etc
 (1) A driver must not stop on a road in a position that obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from a footpath ramp or a similar way of access to a footpath, or a bicycle path or passageway unless:
 (a) the driver is driving a public bus that is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or
 (b) the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under the Australian Road Rules.
Offence provision.
Note: Bicycle path is defined in rule 239, and footpath, parking bay and public bus are defined in the dictionary.
 (2) A driver must not stop on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles travelling to or from adjacent land unless:
 (a) the driver:
 (i) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; and
 (ii) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and
 (iii) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers, and drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within 2 minutes after stopping; or
 (b) the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under the Australian Road Rules.
Offence provision.
Note 1: Adjacent land is defined in the dictionary.
Note 2: A driver stops on or across a driveway or way of access if any part of the vehicle is on or across the driveway or way of access—see rule 350.
Example

      Blocking a driveway

In the example, the vehicle marked with an 'X' is stopped in contravention of subrule (2).
 (3) For this rule, a driver leaves a vehicle unattended if the driver leaves the vehicle so that the driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.