C2Part I Principal Road Safety Provisions

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Stopping on verges, etc., or in dangerous positions, etc.

C119 Prohibition of parking of HGVs on verges, central reservations and footways.

1

Subject to subsection (2) below, a person who parks a heavy commercial vehicle (as defined in section 20 of this Act) wholly or partly—

a

on the verge of a road, or

b

on any land situated between two carriageways and which is not a footway, or

c

on a footway,

is guilty of an offence.

2

A person shall not be convicted of an offence under this section in respect of a vehicle if he proves to the satisfaction of the court—

a

that it was parked in accordance with permission given by a constable in uniform, or

b

that it was parked in contravention of this section for the purpose of saving life or extinguishing fire or meeting any other like emergency, or

c

that it was parked in contravention of this section but the conditions specified in subsection (3) below were satisfied.

3

The conditions mentioned in subsection (2)(c) above are—

a

that the vehicle was parked on the verge of a road or on a footway for the purpose of loading or unloading, and

b

that the loading or unloading of the vehicle could not have been satisfactorily performed if it had not been parked on the footway or verge, and

c

that the vehicle was not left unattended at any time while it was so parked.

4

In this section “carriageway” and “footway”, in relation to England and Wales, have the same meanings as in the M1Highways Act 1980.