Road Rules 2008
Historical version for 11 September 2009 to 28 February 2010 (accessed 18 May 2013 at 21:31) Current version

177   Stopping on a freeway

(1)  A driver must not stop on a freeway unless:
(a)  the driver stops in an emergency stopping lane, or
(b)  the driver’s vehicle is permitted to stop on the freeway under another law of this jurisdiction.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Note 1. Driver’s vehicle is defined in the Dictionary, and emergency stopping lane is defined in rule 95.
Note 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.
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