I believe you just came to Australia when driving, have encountered a lot of difficult situation. In addition to getting used to driving on the right side, you have to drive for fear of breaking traffic rules. The biggest headache is, how to understand those only numbers and letters of the parking signs? How do you know "if you can park "," how long you can park" and "if you have to pay a parking fee "? In Australia, a little careless, because of your incorrect parking, you are likely to receive a penalty of several hundred dollars.
To understand these parking signs, let`s start with some simple popular science:
- 1P =1 hour
- 2P = available for 2 hours
- 4P = available for 4 hours
- 1/2P = available for half an hour
- 1/4 P =15 min
- 5 min tue =5 min
On Monday through Saturday, between 7:30 a.m. and 8:30 p.m., you can park for two hours and pay a fee. Parking after 8:30 p.m., no time limit and no charge.
More difficult, look at a combination sign:
The picture shows a parking fee of 1 hour from 7:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday;2 hours from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and free parking after 8:30 p.m. Often a card has several cases of time, must be combined to see. It`s usually written with a MON-SAT stop sign, and if it doesn`t have a SON request, it`s free to stop on Sunday.
Here are some other common signs:
No parking:
This sign forbids any vehicle from stopping in this area, no matter how long, even temporary passengers are not allowed! This identification with a yellow line on the edge also applies.
This sign allows temporary parking for two minutes, but only for upper and lower passengers, no parking. In these two minutes, you can`t leave your car over 3 meters. Disabled vehicles can be parked for 5 minutes.
Parking for persons with disabilities
This sign is only for the parking of vehicles with a parking permit for persons with disabilities and will receive a $155 ticket if they stop by mistake!
There are generally two types of disabled parking permits: one is blue-white and the other is white-green. The permit must be placed on the left or middle of the windshield when stopping, and the permit number and expiration date must be clearly visible.
Trailer sign
One is over-time parking, the other is non-authorized vehicle parking, will be towed away. In addition to paying a fine for violating this logo, additional trailer fees are required. Trailers are paid by distance. The distance from the trailer to the trailer is usually longer.
Parking in unloading area
This sign only allows parking for 30 minutes in the following cases: taxi or bus to pick up passengers; truck to load goods in excess of 4.5 tons of loading capacity; courier to receive express delivery, but the corresponding permit must be provided.
Special Permit Zone Parking
This permit is normally provided by Council and usually requires an annual fee. Permit holders are also allowed to stop only in the prescribed area, and no parking is allowed in other areas.
Bus / Taxi Docking Area
Don`t stop at BusZone/TaxiZone, even if it`s a short stop, once seen, the ticket won`t run away!
Construction area
Parking is prohibited in this sign except for construction vehicles.
In Australia, public holidays are free parking! For example, December 26(Boxing Day),27(Christmas Public Holiday),1 January (New Year),2 January (New Year`s Holiday) and 26 January (Australia Day).
I believe that after reading this detailed parking guide, will never look at the parking sign confused it! Watch carefully while parking to avoid unnecessary tickets.
