South Australian Current Regulations

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES - 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 2.2 metres 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.

Offence provision.

Note—

"Driver's vehicle" and "night" are defined in the dictionary.

        (2)         This rule 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 200 metres in all directions from the vehicle.

Note—

"Length" of road is defined in the dictionary.

        (3)         In subrule (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 to the vehicle under another law of this jurisdiction.

SA NOTE—

For South Australia, see regulation 24 of the Road Traffic (Road Rules—Ancillary and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2014 .

        (4)         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.