New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 195

195 Stopping at or near a bus stop

(1) A driver (except the driver of a public bus) must not stop at a bus stop, or on the road, within 20 metres before a sign on the road that indicates the bus stop, and 10 metres after the sign, 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 these Rules.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note 1 :
"Parking control sign" and
"public bus" are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : A driver stops within a particular distance before or after a sign indicating a bus stop if the driver stops so any part of the driver's vehicle is within that distance--see rule 350(2).

(1-1) A driver of a public bus must not stop at a bus stop, or on the road, within 20 metres before a sign on the road that indicates the bus stop, and 10 metres after the sign, unless the driver--

(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers, or

(b) is stopping for the purposes of a regular bus service, or

(c) 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 these Rules.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note 1 :
"Parking control sign" ,
"public bus" and
"regular bus service" are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : This subrule is an additional NSW subrule. There is no corresponding subrule in rule 195 of the Australian Road Rules .

(2) For this rule, distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving.

(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.