Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 220

220 Using lights on vehicles that are stopped

(1) A driver must not stop on a road at night unless—

(a) if the driver’s vehicle is 2.2m wide, or wider—the clearance and side marker lights fitted to the vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible; or

(b) in any other case—the parking lights fitted to the driver’s vehicle are operating effectively and are clearly visible.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) This section does not apply to a driver if the driver stops on a length of road, or in an area, with street lighting and the driver’s vehicle is visible for at least 200m in all directions from the vehicle.

(3) In subsection (1) , a reference to a kind of light fitted to a vehicle is a reference to a light of that kind required to be fitted under—

(a) the heavy vehicle standards under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (Queensland) ; or

(b) the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 2021 .

(4) In this section—

"road" does not include a road-related area, but includes any shoulder of the road.