Driving Rules

You MUST NOT wait or park on yellow lines during the times of operation shown on nearby time plates (or zone entry signs if in a Controlled Parking Zone) - see'Information signs'and'Road markings'. Double yellow lines indicate a prohibition of waiting at any time even if there are no upright signs. You MUST NOT wait or park, or stop to set down and pick up passengers, on school entrance markings (see'Road markings') when upright signs indicate a prohibition of stopping.

Use off-street parking areas, or bays marked out with white lines on the road as parking places, wherever possible. If you have to stop on the roadside

do not park facing against the traffic flow

stop as close as you can to the side

do not stop too close to a vehicle displaying a Blue Badge: remember, the occupant may need more room to get in or out

you MUST switch off the engine, headlights and fog lights

you MUST apply the handbrake before leaving the vehicle

you MUST ensure you do not hit anyone when you open your door. Check for cyclists or other traffic

it is safer for your passengers (especially children) to get out of the vehicle on the side next to the kerb

put all valuables out of sight and make sure your vehicle is secure

lock your vehicle

You MUST NOT stop or park on

the carriageway or the hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency

a pedestrian crossing, including the area marked by the zig-zag lines

a clearway (see'Traffic signs')

taxi bays as indicated by upright signs and markings

an urban clearway within its hours of operation, even when a broken white line is on your side of the road, except to pick up or set down passengers (see'Traffic signs')

a road marked with double white lines, except to pick up or set down passengers

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.