(1) A driver must not stop on a freeway unless the driver stops in an emergency stopping lane.
Penalty: 2 penalty units.
Notes
1 Emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.
2 Rule 178 sets out when a driver can stop in an emergency stopping lane.
(2) A freeway is a length of road to which a freeway sign applies.
(3) A freeway sign on a road applies to a length of road beginning at the sign (including any road into which the length of road merges) and ending at the next end freeway sign on the road.
Freeway signs | |
End freeway sign |
Note for diagrams
There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these signs—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.
Rule 178 amended by S.R. No. 135/2021 rule 60(1).