Parking rule perplexing SA motorists
Parking can be tricky at the best of times. First you need to find a space, then if you’re reverse parallel parking, there’s the added pressure of performing under the scrutiny of other drivers and pedestrians passing by.
And if there aren’t any marked parallel parking bays, you need to make sure there’s enough room between your car and the vehicles behind and in front of you.
Ever been boxed in?
How much distance do you need to leave? Well, it turns out not many drivers don’t know there’s a legal minimum of 1m. In fact, only 33 per cent of drivers know that rule, according to the recent results from sa move’s hardest ever road-rules quiz.
Thankfully, about a quarter of people who took the quiz said the minimum was 1.5m – 50cm more than the legal minimum.
However, 40 per cent of the people who took the quiz said they could leave as much (or as little) room as they wanted as long as other vehicles were able to exit the parking space.
This wasn’t the only parking question that left our readers a little bit stumped.
Read the signs
We get it, parking signs can be tricky at the best of times, particularly when you’re a bit flustered trying to find a park.
More than half of the drivers who completed the quiz weren’t sure that they could stop to drop off the kids when the sign to the left was present.
Many people said they couldn’t park here at all, but you can. However, the motorist can only stop for two minutes and can’t be more than 3m from their vehicle.
So, next time you see this sign, you can stop the car and give your kids a cuddle and a hand with their bags before you send them into school.
E-bike rules
E-bikes and e-scooters have been the topic of the town for the last month or so, with new laws introduced in SA surrounding the use of these electrified transport options.
While e-bikes have increased in popularity, many people hopped aboard and given them a go. So, it’s no surprise that people are unsure of the rules for people riding e-bikes. In fact, two thirds of people who took the quiz didn’t know that the speed limit for e-biker is the same as the signposted or default speed limits for motor vehicles.
While we’re on the topic, those bikes that have been modified or have an internal combustion engine attached are illegal and can’t be ridden on South Australian roads.