Highway Code Rule 240

You MUST NOT stop or park on:

• the carriageway or the hard shoulder of a motorway except in an emergency (see Rule 270)
• a pedestrian crossing, including the area marked by the zig-zag lines (see Rule 191)
• a clearway (see ‘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 (see ‘Traffic signs’)
• 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

• The Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982: Regulations 7 & 9
• The Motorways Traffic (Scotland) Regulations 1995: Regulations 6 & 8
• The Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997: Regulations 18 & 20
• Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984: Sections 5, 6 & 8
• The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002: Regulations 10, 26 & 27
• Road Traffic Act 1988: Sections 21(1) & 36

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