I am sorry, but wtf does all that mean. Your dog can't be more than 1.5m from another passenger. Animal rider can't be alongside another rider while you are driving in a marked lane, what does that even mean. And if I am trying to ride my bike up a steep hill and I need to stand up off my seat for more power in my legs I will get booked. What am I supposed to do, let the bike roll backwards.
Yeah i am having an interesting dialogue with the council about people parking opposite my driveway on a narrow road still and they have quoted an Australian Road rule as their basis for not painting yellow lines opposite such driveways (i want a yellow line so i can get out of my driveway, so do my elderly neighbors) The Councils says as long as they are not parked over the driveway, its no issue.
They quoted ARR 198(2) which indeed does say "Stop on or across a driveway" which has an $192 expiation fee.
Bit weird, as i stop on my driveway every day... but anyway..
But In ARR just above this it does mention 198(1) which says "Obstruct access to and from a footpath/driveway etc" which has a $190 expiation so is $2 less important i guess.
Is parking opposite a driveway obstructing access to the driveway, especially on narrow streets? If it isn't, it's probably just inconsiderate, which isn't an offence unfortunately..
Rule 208(1) says "Park obstructing path of other vehicles or pedestrians" which is only a $178 expiation so not as bad I guess.
The Traffic Engineer went on to educate me that if someone parks opposite my driveway, i can do a multipoint turn to get out of my driveway, which i really appreciated getting educated about, 30+ years of driving and id never have thought of that.. but while we are quoting ARR's...
To make the multipoint turn to get out of your driveway when there is someone parked opposite it you would probably need to drive on the footpath to get around, Unfortunately rule 288(1) says that's a no-no "Drive on a Path" carries a whopping $386 fine, which is more of a fine than the person blocking the driveway would get. Interesting huh?
So in Summary, worse case costs to various people..
Person obstructing the driveway by parking opposite it: $0
Home Owner/Resident who has to drive on footpath to avoid hitting the above persons car: $386
Person in the back of the car who needs to get to a hospital in a hurry: $ add_your_own_value_here
Person Driving a Firetruck or Ambulance who also has to take councils advice to "take a few moves" to get around or up driveways: $unknown
Council $0
They are weird rules, have to be careful in how they are interpreted, but also be mindful when avoiding spending a couple of dollars painting a yellow line.