Parking

You may not park your vehicle on the roadway of a public road:

• With an order given by a traffic officer,

• For any situation beyond your control,

• In any place where 'stopping' is prohibited.

• In contravention of any road traffic sign.

• Within 1.5 metres on either side of the fire hydrant.

• Any place where the vehicle would obscure any road traffic sign.

• In such a way that your vehicle impinge on the sidewalk.

• In such a way where your vehicle would block any private or public vehicular entrance.

except in situations beyond your control.

• Outside an urban area within 1 metre of the edge of the road.

At a public road within an urban area no person shall park on the roadway:

• Within 5 metres of any intersection.

• Within 9 metres of a pedestrian crossing.

• Upon or over the setting up of a traffic sign.

• With the wheel of your vehicle more than 450 millimetres within the road

• Which is less than 5.5 metres wide.

• On any of these areas,
(i) traffic island
(ii) in a pedestrian mall
(iii) pedestrian lane.

Stopping

You may not stop a vehicle on the roadway of a public road:

• Except in order to avoid an accident.

• With the order given by a traffic officer.

• Unless it is for any situation beyond your control.

• Within any tunnel, subway, bridge or within 6 metres of any tunnel, subway or bridge.

• Near or opposite an excavation or any place where stopping would cause obstruction or danger on the public road.

• In violation of any road sign.

• On or within 6 metres from the beginning or end of a road where the normal width thereof has for any reason has been constricted.

• On the right hand side on any road that is facing oncoming traffic.

• Near or opposite other vehicle on road which is less than 9 metres wide.

• At a level crossing within the railway reserve.

• Within 9 metres of a pedestrian crossing.

• Any other place where stopping would create an obstruction or danger to other traffic.

Compulsory Stops

The vehicle driver/ rider should always stop:

• In compliance with any direction communicated by a traffic sign or given by a traffic officer.

• At the request or on the signal of a person heading or driving bovine animals such as horse, donkey, sheep, pig etc.

• If animals are crossing a road and the driver/ rider, may only move when all animals have crossed and the road is safe to continue.