新州的交通條例

這一篇為新南威爾斯的朋友寫的。

標少有個朋友時常發電郵給我問日常遇到的法律問題，十居其九我都不懂得答，但他以此為樂，把快樂建築在我的白頭髮上。未認識他時我一頭烏黑，誤交了他後就銀絲漸露，「不獨使君頭似雪」，他簡直使我筋疲力盡。今天有點餘暇，便答他問的問題。

事緣是這樣，這朋友在火車站外的巴士站停車落客，給交通督察(ranger)影了相也不知道，3日後收了警告信，而不是牛肉乾。他節省了近200大元，十分僥倖，卻不心足，想了兩個問題來問我。第一，無傷殘泊車證而在傷殘泊車位上、落客是否犯法？第二，在車輛稀疏的地方，在泊車位外停車上、落客是否犯法？

新州交通條例其實並不複雜，連結在此——Road Rules 2008。

第一條問題的答案可以在203條找到，

203 Stopping in a parking area for people with disabilities

(1) A driver must not stop in a parking area for people with disabilities unless:
(a) the driver’s vehicle displays a current parking permit for people with disabilities, and
(b) the driver complies with the conditions of use of the permit.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

雖然不是泊車，只是停車上、落客，已干犯這條例，因為法例用"must not stop"而不是"must not park"。

第二條的答案在189條，

189   Double parking

(1)  A driver must not stop on a road if to do so would put any part of the vehicle that he or she is driving between a vehicle that is parked on the road and the centre of the road.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

Note. One-way road and two-way road are defined in the Dictionary.

Examples.

Example 1 Double parked on a two-way road without a dividing line	Example 2 Double parked on two-way road with a centre dividing line
Example 3 Double parked on the right side of a one-way road with no vehicles parked on the left side of the road	Example 4 Double parked on the left side of a one-way road with other vehicles lawfully parked on the right side of the road

In the examples, the vehicle marked with an “X” is stopped in contravention of this rule.

(2)  A driver does not contravene this rule by parking on the side of the road, or in a median strip parking area, in accordance with rule 210.

Note. Median strip parking area is defined in the Dictionary.

Example.

In the example, the angle-parked vehicles are not stopped in contravention of this rule.

第189(2)所講的是在45度或與路邊90度垂直的合法車位泊車，不違反189(1)的條例。