Box Junction
16/09/2011 #
At a box junction marked with yellow criss-cross lines you must not enter unless the way through to the exit is clear. Is there an exception to this rule?
Yes. If you want to turn right and the way through to your exit is blocked by oncoming traffic or vehicles waiting to make a right turn you must wait in the area marked with the yellow lines until there is a gap in the traffic which allows you to cross over into your exit.
Where is it Illegal to Park?
16/09/2011 #
Lots of people don’t realise there are so many places it is illegal to park. These include:
- On motorways
- Within the zigzag lines at a pedestrian crossing
- On clearways
- Where there are single and double continuous white lines in the centre of the road
- In a bus or cycle lane when operative
- Near a road junction
- Facing oncoming traffic at night
- Obscuring a traffic sign
- On a pavement
- Blocking any entrance or where parking restrictions apply
- At fire station/hospital entrances
- Parking opposite another vehicle on a narrow road
- Double-parking
- Parking at road repairs
- Where prohibited by traffic sign or roadway marking
- At a bus stop or taxi rank
- Near school entrances
- On foot-ways, grass margins, or a median strip
- In a casual trading reserve
- In a flow bus lane
- On a cycle track
- In a loading bay
- At a corner bend
- At the brow of a hill or humpback bridge
- Within 5 meters of a road junction
