Booked for Parking near Double Solid Line

berry580 on 20/08/2019 - 13:04
Last edited 22/08/2019 - 10:14 by 1 other user

Hi OzBargainers.

My wife has been booked for parking too close to the road's dividing line.

She weren't aware of the rule and insists that was the case when she did her L's back in 2010 (or around that year). I just checked Service NSW's web site and the parking officer weren't cooking things up. Just wanted to I know whether leniency would be considered if it's true that the parking rule didn't exist back when my wife did her test.

I'm having trouble getting hold of RTA's old road rule books. Any chance someone would know where to find them or know whether it is true that the parking rule didn't exist back in 2010?

I know it's a long shot, but thank you guys in advance.

Automotive

Comments

  • Soluble on 20/08/2019 - 13:10
    +6

    Pretty sure that rule has existed since well before 2010. I assume you're talking about parking on the side of the road with the car overlapping the line that runs down the middle of the road at an intersection?

  • GG57 on 20/08/2019 - 13:11
    +4

    Nope, no leniency.
    I would just pay it and learn from it.

  • Caped Baldy on 20/08/2019 - 13:16
    +1

    Any pics to show how far/close she was to the kerb?
    It is a bit of a problem with narrow streets when it forces cars to go into oncoming traffic lanes.

  • burningrage on 20/08/2019 - 13:29
    +8

    Missing the MsPaint. Hard to tell.

  • one man clan on 20/08/2019 - 13:31
    +20

    It's irrelevant whether or not the rule existed in 2010. Ignorance of the law is not a defense.

  • EightImmortals on 20/08/2019 - 13:42
    +1

    "My wife has been booked for parking too close to the road's dividing line."

    So too close to the centre line? crikey, how close was she?

    "Just wanted to I know whether lieniency would be considered if it's true that the parking rule didn't exist back when my wife did her test."

    Apparently not, according to some people around here we are supposed to study every minutia of legislation that comes out every single day so that we can know wether we are going to be a criminal on that day or not. But really how close to the centre line was she parked and why didn't she park as close as possible to the kerb? Even without some pedantic rule you;d think common sense would dictate that you park your car as far to the left as possible to avoid some idiot running into you?

    • [Deactivated] on 20/08/2019 - 13:45
      +1

      I prefer minutiæ.

      • EightImmortals on 20/08/2019 - 13:48

        Crikey, you almost had me thinking I couldn't rage and spell at the same time for a sec there. :)

        https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/minutia

        • [Deactivated] on 20/08/2019 - 13:52

          First rule of pre-zapf dingbats/wingdings grammar is to use "æ" whenever possible. You have to type 'a' then 'e' very fast on the keyboard but most people don't know it.

  • Hellfire on 20/08/2019 - 13:43
    +17

    It's in the Australian Road Rules from 1999

    https://www.legislation.nsw.gov.au/#/view/regulation/1999/ar…

    • berry580 on 20/08/2019 - 17:31

      Thanks mate!

  • brad1-8tsi on 20/08/2019 - 13:53
    +2

    You have to keep up with the rules.

    They have information campaigns when the rules are changing. The information is everywhere. eg: the "slow to 40kph around emergency vehicles"

    Legal limit was 0.08 when i got my licence. I doubt "I didn't know the rules had changed" would cut it if I was silly enough to drive over 0.049.

    • [Deactivated] on 20/08/2019 - 13:59
      +3

      Offi..ficer. off. Oofixer. Me… I. I thought that. That the leemeet. Limit was 0.5.

      • EightImmortals on 20/08/2019 - 14:40
        +8

        "Any drugs or alcohol tonight sir"?
        "No thanks officer, I've had a gutful already".

  • Quantumcat on 20/08/2019 - 14:17
    +3

    Doesn't matter if the rules changed since she did her test, everyone has to follow the rules that are in existence now. Otherwise you'd be having different people following different rules and they'd all be crashing into each other!

    • [Deactivated] on 20/08/2019 - 14:38
      +4

      Back in my day, horse drawn carriages keep to the right lane.

    • brad1-8tsi on 22/08/2019 - 10:03

      If you'd got your licence in 1966 in Sweden and ignored the 3rd September 1967 rule changes….

  • HighAndDry on 20/08/2019 - 15:26
    +1

    Just wanted to I know whether lieniency would be considered if it's true that the parking rule didn't exist back when my wife did her test.

    None. Same as if the speed limit changed on a road.

  • sauce2k6 on 20/08/2019 - 16:37
    -1

    I went to some restaurant for mothers day. The car park was full and there was no other parking nearby, closest was a 20min walk away from the restaurant.

    I ended up parking in the car park right in the back corner, not blocking anything. Was still fined for not parking between lines. If I knew I would be fined I would have parked on the restaurants front steps lol /s

    Just take this as a learning lesson however Dispute it anyway. Worse case they reject it and you just pay the fine anyway.

  • berry580 on 20/08/2019 - 17:35

    I found what I was looking for, courtesy Hellfire.
    Unlikely to help my wife get out of the fine (which will come out of my pocket anyway), but all good.

    Thank you ozbargainers!

  • Euphemistic on 20/08/2019 - 18:17
    +1

    It is just a rule that isn’t well known. The council had to paint a Ellie line around the main road in our subdivision becuase people kept parking in the narrow side which meant cars needed to cross the line to pass.

    No closer than 3m to the centre line.

  • CaptainHoltisDad on 20/08/2019 - 21:05

    Got corked for this fine a few years ago on my Ps! No idea it existed and I doubt anyone's instructor would know/teach this rule specifically. Just have to use a bit of logic :| (made sense in hindsight).

    I was extra confused because of roadside construction who had installed the "no stopping" sign in the wrong direction - so all the legally parked cars ahead of me looked like they were in a "no stopping zone"!

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