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We’ve all been in a situation where you simply can’t discover a spot to park, so that you pull up onto the kerb or nature strip, and park on the grass.

  • Parking or driving on a footpath is against the law
  • When you park on a footpath, passageway or pathway, or bike path, you would face fines
  • Some jurisdictions may implement demerit points, too.

But did you understand that for those who occur to park on a footpath, you would be fined for committing an offence?

You might cop a hefty financial penalty, and also you is perhaps alarmed to learn that simply parking on a path may see you slapped with a demerit-point penalty.

The Australian Road Rules 2014, reg 288, Driving on a path, states the next:

(1)  A driver (except the rider of a bicycle) must not drive on a path, unless subrule (2) or (3) applies to the driving force.

(2)  A driver may drive on a path if the driving force is—

  • driving on a component of the trail indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a component where vehicles may drive, or
  • driving on the trail to enter or leave, by the shortest practicable route, a road-related area or adjoining land, and there isn’t a component of the trail indicated by information on or with a traffic control device as a component where vehicles may drive, or
  • permitted to drive on the trail under one other law of this jurisdiction.

(3)  A driver may drive a motorised wheelchair on a path if—

  • the unladen mass of the wheelchair isn’t over 110 kilograms, and
  • the wheelchair isn’t travelling over 10 kilometres per hour, and
  • due to the driving force’s physical condition, the driving force has an inexpensive need to make use of a wheelchair.

Here’s a rundown of the penalties that could possibly be applicable across Australia for driving or parking on a path.

NSW – 3 demerit points, $349 advantageous.

Victoria – $161 advantageous.

Queensland – 3 demerit points, $361 advantageous.

South Australia – $287 advantageous +$99 Victims of Crime Levy payment, total $386, and three demerit points for driving on a path and failing to fall down. There’s also an applicable rule for “Park obstructing path of other vehicles or pedestrians”, which looks as if the more realistic offence – it carries a $79 advantageous and $99 Victims of Crime Levy payment (total $178).

Tasmania – $146.25 advantageous.

Western Australia – we couldn’t find any fines or demerits details for this, but many councils list that it’s an offence to “park any a part of your vehicle on or over a footpath, this includes where a footpath intersects or crosses a driveway”. 

Northern Territory – $50 advantageous.

ACT – $307 advantageous.

So, possibly think twice before you park on the trail. 

Not intended as legal advice. Check with the relevant roads authority in your state or territory.


This Article First Appeared At www.carexpert.com.au

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