You are having difficulty finding a parking space in a busy town. You can see there is space on the zigzag lines of a zebra crossing. Can you park there?

Related Information

Waiting and parking (238 to 252)

2. Parking (239 to 247)

[...]

240

You MUST NOT stop or park on


- the carriageway, an emergency area or a hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency (see Rules 270 and 271)

- a pedestrian crossing, including the area marked by the zig-zag lines (see Rule 191)

- a clearway (download ‘Traffic signs’)

- taxi bays as indicated by upright signs and markings

- an Urban Clearway within its hours of operation, except to pick up or set down passengers

- a road marked with double white lines, even when a broken white line is on your side of the road, except to pick up or set down passengers, or to load or unload goods

- a tram or cycle lane during its period of operation

- a cycle track

- red lines, in the case of specially designated ‘red routes’, unless otherwise indicated by signs. Any vehicle may enter a bus lane to stop, load or unload where this is not prohibited (see Rule 141).

Laws MT(E&W)R regs 7 & 9, MT(S)R regs 6 & 8, ZPPPCRGD regs 18 & 20, RTRA sects 5, 6 & 8, TSRGD regs 10, 26 & 27, RTA 1988 sects 21(1) & 36


241

You MUST NOT park in parking spaces reserved for specific users, such as Blue Badge holders, residents or motorcycles, unless entitled to do so.

Laws CSDPA sect 21 & RTRA sects 5 & 8


242

You MUST NOT leave your vehicle or trailer in a dangerous position or where it causes any unnecessary obstruction of the road.

Laws RTA 1988, sect 22 & CUR reg 103


243

DO NOT stop or park


- near a school entrance

- anywhere you would prevent access for Emergency Services

- at or near a bus or tram stop or taxi rank

- on the approach to a level crossing/tramway crossing

- opposite or within 10 metres (32 feet) of a junction, except in an authorised parking space

- near the brow of a hill or hump bridge

- opposite a traffic island or (if this would cause an obstruction) another parked vehicle

- where you would force other traffic to enter a tram lane

- where the kerb has been lowered to help wheelchair users and powered mobility vehicles

- in front of an entrance to a property

- on a bend

- where you would obstruct cyclists’ use of cycle facilities except when forced to do so by stationary traffic.

[...]

[The Highway Code]