PART 6Parking prohibitions
Double parking prohibition
54Double parking prohibition
(1)
A person must not park a motor vehicle on a carriageway in such a way that no part of the vehicle is within 50 centimetres of the edge of a carriageway (in this Part, this prohibition is referred to as the “double parking prohibition”).
(2)
For the purposes of the double parking prohibition, a stationary motor vehicle is parked whether or not—
(a)
the driver of the vehicle is in attendance at the vehicle,
(b)
the engine of the vehicle is running.
(3)
But a motor vehicle is not parked for those purposes if it is stationary—
(a)
due to the necessities of traffic, or
(b)
otherwise as a result of circumstances beyond the driver's control.
(4)
The double parking prohibition is subject to the exceptions set out in section 55.
(5)
In subsection (1)—
“carriageway” has the meaning given by section 51(6),
“edge of a carriageway” means—
(a)
where the edge of the carriageway is marked by a painted solid white line, the edge of the painted line furthest from the centre of the carriageway,
(b)
where the edge of the carriageway is not marked by a painted solid white line and is bounded by a kerb, the edge of the kerb closest to the centre of the carriageway,
(c)
in any other case, where the surface of the carriageway meets the verge of the carriageway,
“motor vehicle” has the meaning given by section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988, except that section 189 of that Act (exception for certain pedestrian controlled vehicles and electrically assisted pedal cycles) applies as it applies for the purposes of that Act.