On-street
parking control signsand road markings
Red routes
On red routes, yellow waiting
restriction lines are replaced by redlines that mean no stopping for
any purpose, not even to pick upor set down passengers, other than
by a licensed taxi. A driver ofa vehicle displaying a blue badge may
stop to pick up or setdown a disabled person, but must not park.
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red lines mean no stopping at any time |
Single
red lines mean no stopping during the days and times shown on
the up right sign |
The
prohibition of stopping applies to the whole road, includingthe verge
and footway, during the times shown on upright signsthat face oncoming
traffic. Special bays marked on thecarriageway may be provided for
parking or loading; theconditions that apply to these will be indicated
on upright signsthat should also face oncoming traffic.
| A
bay marked with red broken lines means that it is available for
use for only part of the time that the red route "no stopping"
rule applies.The bay must not be used from Monday to Saturday
between 7 am and 10 am nor between 4 pm and7 pm. In this example,
the bay may be used for loading/unloading (max stay 20 minutes)
and by blue badge holders (max stay 3 hours), during the times
shown in the bottom panel |
A
bay marked with white broken lines means that it is available
for use at all times that the red route "no stopping" rule applies.
The upright sign shown in this example means thatthe bay is reserved
for blue badge holders, with a maximum stay of 3 hours |
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Licensed
taxis maypick up or set down passengers at busstops on a red route
where there is a broad continuous yellow lineat the edge of the carriageway,
but notif the broad line is red. Drivers of vehicles displaying a
blue disabled badge are not permitted to stop for any purposein a
bus stop bay where there is either a broad yellow or broad red line
Some red routes have upright signs without any road markings.These
are designated "RED ROUTE CLEARWAYS", wherestopping for any purpose
is prohibited at all times, except inmarked lay-bys. Unlike the 24-hour
clearway on rural roads,stopping on a red route clearway is prohibited
on the verge andfootway as well as on the main carriageway. There
should be redlines at junctions to warn drivers entering the clearway
from aside road.
| Start
of a red route clearway (also used as a repeater sign, particularly
after a road junction) |
End
of red route clearway |
Taxi
ranks
Taxi ranks usually have yellow bays marked with the word"TAXIS". Where
the bay is used for other purposes (e.g. loadingand unloading) at
a different time of day, the bay will be whitewithout any words. Either
waiting or stopping will be prohibitedwithin a taxi rank. Where stopping
is prohibited, the bay includesa broad continuous yellow line at the
edge of the carriageway.Where waiting is prohibited in taxi ranks,
yellow "no waiting" linesare provided where waiting is also prohibited
at other times, orwhere the bay marking is white because it has shared
use. Yellowupright signs show the times when waiting or stopping isprohibited
in the rank.
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No
waiting in taxi rank during the times shown |
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No
stopping in taxi rank during the times shown. The bay includes
a broad continuous line to indicate the prohibition of stopping |
The sign shows the times when the bay is used as a taxi rank (overnight)
and when it is used for loading by goods vehicles (during the
day from Monday to Saturday). At other times there are no restrictions
on parking. The single yellow line is replaced by a broad yellow
line if stopping by other vehicles is prohibited during the times
the bay is used by taxis.This will be indicated in the upper panel
of the sign, where the "no waiting" symbol is replaced by the
red cross and the words "No waiting" variedto "No stopping" |
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