(1) The driver of a
vehicle must not stop on a length of road or in an area to which a no parking
sign applies, unless the driver—
(a) is
dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; and
(b) does
not leave the vehicle unattended; and
(c)
completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods, and
drives on, as soon as possible and, in any case, within the required time
after stopping.
Offence provision.
(2) For this rule, a
driver leaves a vehicle "unattended" if the driver leaves the vehicle so the
driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.
(3) In this
rule—
"required time" means—
(a) if
information on or with the sign indicates a time—the indicated time; or
(b) if
there is no indicated time—2 minutes; or
(c) if
there is no indicated time, or the indicated time is less than 5 minutes, and
rule 206 applies to the driver—5 minutes.
Note 1—
"With" is defined in the dictionary.
Note 2—
Rule 206 applies to a driver if the driver's vehicle displays a current
parking permit for people with disabilities and the driver complies with the
conditions of use of the permit—see rule 206(1).
No parking signs | |
No parking sign (for a length of road) |
No parking sign (for an area) |
Note 1 for diagrams—
There are a number of other permitted versions of each of these
signs—see the diagrams in Schedule 3.
Note 2 for diagrams—
A no parking sign may have an arrow pointing in a different direction and
anything on the sign may be differently arranged—see rule 316(4).