21 Feb 2018
To help schools keep the school zone safer for all pedestrians and drivers there are seven new traffic offences with new fines.
None of the seven offences attract demerit points when committed elsewhere on the road but now in a school zone they each come with two points.
The changes are:
- stopping in intersection - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
- stopping within 20m of intersection (traffic lights) - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
- stopping within 10m of intersection (no traffic lights) - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
- stopping near bicycle crossing lights - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $439 and 2 demerit points.
- obstruct access to ramp/path/passageway - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a penalty of $330 and 2 demerit points.
- do not parallel park in the direction of travel - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a $330 fine and 2 demerit points.
- parallel parking close to dividing line - under the changes if a driver commits this offence in a school zone they will receive a $330 fine and 2 demerit points.
Share these changes with your school community encouraging safer driving and parking behaviours.
All updated school zone offences can be located through Roads and Maritime.