Prohibition in parking

• Parking is not as easy as it seems. You may need to park in a quiet residential street or on a heavily congested road.
• You must obey the parking signs and road markings in that area that tell you how to park your car and how long you can stay there. This will help to prevent you from being a hazard to other road users or getting a parking fine.
• A person must not cause a hazard to any person or vehicle or leaving a door of a vehicle open.
• Before you park, ask yourself:

  1. Have I chosen a safe and legal place to park?
  2. Can I park my care safely without blocking or hindering other traffic or road users?
  3. Do I have a clear view of the traffic coming from behind as well as the traffic travelling alongside the left of my vehicle? Can I be seen by other drivers?
• There are a number of places where you must not stop or park your vehicle. If you do park in these areas you could be a hazard to other road users and will be fined.
• Places where you must not park a vehicle:

  • Where there is no permission to park
  • At pedestrian crossings, on the footpath, on bridges, viaducts or in tunnels
  • Next to curves, on crests of hills or next to solid centre lines which cannot be crossed
  • Where it will impede any traffic signals, signs, or road markings
  • In front of the entrance to houses, parking areas, petrol stations, hospitals, emergency stations, fire stations, police stations, military areas, school or educational institutions
  • Where you will block stationary vehicles from proceeding
  • Residential areas (if driving a heavy vehicle or heavy mechanical vehicle) unless they are used for construction
  • Within 15m from intersections or in front of public transport stations
• Always be on the lookout for and give way to pedestrians, cyclists, taxis, buses, trucks and motorcycles even if they do not have priority
• If the driver is aged, they may have:

  • vision problems, poor central vision, and reduced ability to scan the road
  • reduced range of joint motion
  • reduced ability to detect, and differentiate sounds
  • limited attention span
  • inability to quickly avoid dangerous situations
  • excessive trust that fellow drivers will obey traffic rules
  • slower reflexes
  • impaired judgement, confidence & decision-making abilities
• If the driver is young, they may:

  • not obey traffic signs and not abide traffic rules
  • over speeding and agressive
  • tailgating
  • always in a hurry, diverting without indicators
  • using mobile phone while driving
  • not concentrating