Areas such as shopping streets may be signed as
"pedestrianzones". Depending on the extent of the vehicle entry restrictions,such
areas may be paved without the usual separation betweenfootway and carriageway
and may not have yellow lines and kerbmarkings to indicate waiting and
loading restrictions. Insteadrestrictions are detailed on zone entry
signs and repeater plates.The entry signs may indicate that buses, taxis,
disabled badgeholders or permit holders may enter the zone. Various
examplesof zone entry signs are shown below.
All
vehicles, including ridden pedal cycles, prohibited. (The hours
during which apart-time zone operates will be shown in this panel
and exemptions in a lower panel)
The
yellow panels indicate that there are waiting restrictions within
the zone
Signs
without yellow panels are used where access may be more restrictive
and where waiting restrictions, if any, are indicated by yellow
lines within the zone
Ridden
pedal cycles permitted within the zone. (The hours during which
apart-time zone operates will be shown in this panel and exemptions
in a lower panel)
Where different entry restrictions apply at different
times of theday, and these restrictions are too complicated to show
on thezone entry sign, a sign that can change its display (a variablemessage
sign) may be used. It is therefore important always tocheck the restrictions
in force before entering the zone.
Example
of a variable message zone entry sign showing alternative displays
for the middle panel (exemptions)
Two
examples of waiting restriction repeater signs within the zone.
(There may be no yellow lines or kerb markings)
At
the end of the zone, a "zone ends" sign will be displayed. The prohibitory
roundel in the upper panel will be a grey version ofthe roundel
shown on the entry sign
