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5. PARKING AND STOPPING AREAS - Coggle Diagram
5. PARKING AND STOPPING AREAS
PARKING
You may not park your vehicle on the roadway of a public road-
• With an order given by a traffic officer,
• For any situation beyond your control,
• In any place where ‘Stopping’ is prohibited.
• In contravention of any road traffic sign
• Within 1.5 metres on either side of the fire hydrant
• Any place where the vehicle would obscure any road traffic sign
• In such a way that your vehicle impinge on the sidewalk
• In such a way where your vehicle would block any private or public vehicular entrance.
• Except in situations beyond your control
• Outside an urban area within 1 metre of the edge of the road.
At a public road within an urban area no person shall park on the roadway-
• Within 9 metres of a pedestrian crossing
• Upon or over the setting up of a traffic sign
• With the wheel of your vehicle more than 450 millimetres within the road
• Which is less than 5.5 metres wide
• On any of these areas, (i) traffic island (ii) in a pedestrian mall (iii) pedestrian lane
STOPPING
You may not stop a vehicle on the roadway of a public road-
• Except in order to avoid an accident
• With the order given by a traffic officer
• Unless it’s for any situation beyond your control
• Within any tunnel, subway, bridge or within 6 metres of any tunnel, subway or bridge.
• Near or opposite an excavation, or any place where stopping would cause obstruction or danger on the public road.
• In violation of any road sign
• On or within 6 metres from the beginning or end of a road where the normal width thereof has for any reason been constricted
• On the right hand side of any road that is facing oncoming traffic
• Near or opposite other vehicle on road which is less than 9 metres wide
• At a level crossing within the railway reserve
• Within 9 metres of a pedestrian crossing
• Any other place where stopping would create an obstruction or danger to other traffic
COMPULSORY STOPS
The vehicle driver/rider should always stop-
• In compliance with any direction communicated by a traffic sign or given by a traffic officer.
• At the request or on the signal of a person heading or driving bovine animals such as horse, donkey, sheep, pig etc.
• If animals are crossing a road and the driver/rider, may only move when all animals have crossed and the road is safe to continue.