Stopping is when you stop for just long enough to offload goods or passengers with a view to move further. Parking is when you stop for longer than necessary to offload goods or passengers. 

Some areas of the road are restricted for parking. This is because parking in that area could endanger roader users. If a vehicle is parked illegally, it can result in a fine for the owner or the vehicle may be impounded with the vehicle owner liable for the costs of removal and impounding.

Maintenance workers, emergency crews, construction workers and officials in the course of duty are exempted from these restrictions.

You must obey all parking signs. Any parking sign that has a red border around the outside means that you cannot stop there at any time (see No Parking Sign below). 

In addition, in areas with a solid red no-stopping line (see No Stopping Marking below) or a solid yellow no-parking line (see No Parking Marking below) you may not park. In areas with a dotted yellow no-parking line you may park there at times indicated on signs next to the roadway. You may not park on a dotted red line.

1. Indicate for at least three seconds before slowing down to park
2. Move as far off the road as possible when stopping or parking on a road with fast-moving traffic
3. Park parallel to the road and as close to the left as possible, unless you are parking in an area where angle parking is permitted
4. Always park within a demarcated parking bay and not on the sidewalk or verge
5. There will be lines on the road to show where you can angle park
6. You may park on the right hand side of a one-way road provided the traffic signs and rules allow it and the outer edge of your kerb side wheels are not more than 450 mm into the roadway
7. Always check for overtaking vehicles, cyclists and pedestrians before opening your door
8. Be careful when pulling out of a parking space. Don't forget to:
   a) check for vehicles
   b) signal for at least three seconds before pulling out.

1. When parking uphill on a steep road turn the front wheels away from the kerb and leave your car in first gear if it's manual or in park if it's automatic.
   
2. When parking downhill on a steep road, put the car in reverse gear if it's manual or in park if it's automatic, and turn the front wheels into the curve.

A motor vehicle must not be parked on the road during the hours of darkness unless it is clearly visible to other road users. This means it should be lit by street lights, or you should turn on the tail lights and the side light nearest the centre of the road on the front of the vehicle.

Parking lights should be used when the vehicle is parked on the roadway outside a demarcated parking bay or more than 12 metres from an illuminated street light. Never drive with just the park lights on.

Vehicles abandoned on a public road or in a public place may, without warning, be removed and impounded.  The vehicle owner will be liable for the costs of removal and impounding and the vehicle may be sold to recover those costs if the vehicle owner doesn’t pay.

Abandoned vehicles include:

1. Vehicles that stand such that they are a hazard or obstruction to other traffic
2. Left for 24 hours in the same place on a public road outside an urban area
3. Left in the same place for 7 days on a public road in an urban area
4. Found on a public road without regirstation number of with false registration number
5. Found with no definite means of identifying the owner
6. Parked illegally in a no-stopping or no-parking area.

You may stop on certain places you cannot park. This is designed so that you can load off passengers or offload goods. You must always stop:

1. If you are involved in an accident
2. If directed by a traffic officer
3. For pedestrians on, or about to enter, a pedestrian crossing on your side of the road
4. At the request of a person herding farm animals.