The Severn Bridge Regulations 1993

Restrictions on stopping

11.—(1) Except as provided by these Regulations, no person shall cause a vehicle to stop or remain at rest anywhere on the specified roads unless either—

(a) it is necessary to do so for a reason specified in paragraph (2), or

(b) the vehicle cannot proceed because of the presence of another vehicle or of any person or object.

(2) Where it is necessary for a vehicle being driven on the specified roads to be stopped—

(a) by reason of a breakdown of the vehicle,

(b) by reason of an accident, illness or other emergency,

(c) to permit any person carried by the vehicle to recover or remove any object which has fallen on the specified roads, or

(d) to permit any person carried by the vehicle to help another person in any of the circumstances mentioned in (a), (b) or (c) above,

the person in charge of the vehicle shall, so far as reasonably practicable, drive or move it so that as much as possible of the vehicle (including its load, if any) is on or over the hard strip and as little as possible of it is in or over the adjacent traffic lane and that it is so positioned as to cause the minimum possible obstruction or danger to other vehicles; and the vehicle may remain at rest for no longer than is necessary in the circumstances, including in the case of a broken down vehicle the time required for compliance with paragraph (4) and the taking of steps under regulation 12.

(3) No person shall drive or move a vehicle or cause it to stop or remain at rest on or over any hard strip unless it is necessary to do so for a reason specified in paragraph (2).

(4) The person in charge of a vehicle at rest on the specified roads by reason of a breakdown shall, after taking any requisite action to comply with paragraph (2), unless it is not reasonably practicable to do so, forthwith report or cause another person to report the breakdown to a constable or an appointed person by means of an emergency telephone, stating the circumstances of the breakdown and the position of the vehicle and its registration mark and giving a description of the vehicle.

(5) In paragraph (4) “emergency telephone” means a telephone installed in a box and indicated by a traffic sign shown in diagrams 912, 913.2 and 913.3 of Schedule 1 to the Traffic Signs Regulations 1981(1).

(6) Nothing in the provisions of this regulation shall preclude any person from using the specified roads otherwise than in accordance with those provisions in any of the circumstances mentioned in regulation 16(1) of the Motorways Regulations, but if a vehicle so used suffers a breakdown the person in charge of that vehicle shall comply with paragraphs (2) and (4).

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S.I. 1981/859, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.