(1)  A driver must not stop on a children’s crossing, or on the road within 20 metres before the crossing and 10 metres after the crossing, 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 the Road Rules .

Penalty: Fine not exceeding 5 penalty units.

Note 1 : Children’s crossing is defined in rule 80 , and parking control sign is defined in the dictionary.

Note 2: A driver stops within a particular distance from a children’s crossing if the driver stops so any part of the driver’s vehicle is within that distance – see rule 350(2) .

(2)  For this rule, distances are measured –

(a) in the direction in which the driver is driving; and

(b) as shown in example 1 or 2.

(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 .

Examples

Example 1

Measurement of distance - children's crossing with red and white posts

Example 2

Measurement of distance - children's crossing with 2 parallel continuous or broken lines