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Rules of the road §6.48

Stopping

No person shall stop a vehicle on the roadway of a public road

What the rule says

  • except in order to avoid an accident,
  • with a direction given by a traffic officer,
  • for any cause beyond the control of the driver/rider,
  • alongside or opposite an excavation or obstruction on the public road if other traffic would be obstructed or endangered by such stopping
  • within any tunnel or subway or on any bridge or within 6 metres of any tunnel, subway or bridge
  • on, or within 6 metres from the beginning or end of, any part of such roadway where the normal width thereof has for any reason been constricted
  • in contravention of any road traffic sign
  • on the right-hand side of such roadway facing oncoming traffic
  • alongside or opposite any other vehicle on such roadway where such roadway is less than 9 metres wide
  • within the railway reserve at a level crossing
  • within 9 metres of his or her approaching side of a demarcated pedestrian crossing
  • in any other place where the stopping of a vehicle would constitute a danger or an obstruction to other traffic

Source: Rules manual §6.48