Housekeeping
Don’t take shortcuts when it comes to parking safety around ours schools.
Access Canberra will be actively monitoring all school areas using Licence Plate Recognition vans, targeting illegal and unsafe parking:
- at signposted ‘no stopping’ or ‘no parking’ zones
- in bus zones
- on zebra crossings
- in disabled bays
- on nature strips and across footpaths
- in bus or bike lanes
- where the driver has blocked off nearby residents driveways
Penalties for doing the wrong thing range from $123 upwards to $615. If you’re doing the wrong thing - you will get caught - and fined.
Remember!
It’s okay to park a little further away and walk the rest of the way. While at the time it might feel inconvenient, every time you do the wrong thing, you put a life at risk.
To assist drivers to understand their obligations under the Australian Road Rules in relation to parking and how parking is regulated in the Territory, the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate has developed the ACT parking infringements guide (PDF 5.0MB) or (DOC 8.4MB).
Examples of where it is illegal to stop or park your vehicle include:
- on a taxi rank or bus stop
- in a no stopping zone
- in a no parking zone (you can stop but not park)
- on a traffic island, the median strip or plantation in a divided carriageway
- in a loading zone unless you have an loading zone parking permit or the vehicle is specifically permitted to use the loading zone
- across any passage, thoroughfare, entrance, driveway or foot crossing
- so that any part of the vehicle overhangs any line marking or parking space or bay
- anywhere other than in a marked bay in a car park marked into bays
- on a footpath
- on a nature strip
- on the wrong side of the road and not in the direction of traffic
Stopping in a ‘No Parking’ zone is only permitted for picking up or dropping off passengers and/or goods. A motorist must not leave a vehicle unattended in a ‘No Parking’ zone and can remain there for a maximum of two minutes (unless otherwise indicated). Leaving a vehicle unattended means being three metres or more away from it.
School security:
Our Building Services Officer walks the perimeter of the school opening the locked doors at 8:30am each morning and 3:30pm each afternoon ensuring all doors are securely locked. Any time after 3:45pm, if you open a door, please ensure you firmly close it again behind you.
Remember, we do not have any teacher supervision of students on site prior to 8:45am. If you need to drop your children off at school earlier than this, please contact CASAC to make a booking.
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