The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 No. 362

SCHEDULE 14 E+W+S Signs for traffic control by light signals, signs for crossings, and signs for lane control

PART 5 E+W+S Movement at section 25 crossings

6.—(1) Whilst any motor vehicle (“the approaching vehicle”) or any part of it is within the limits of a section 25 crossing controlled area and is proceeding towards the crossing to which the controlled area relates, the driver of the vehicle must not cause it or any part of it to pass ahead of the foremost part of— E+W+S

(a) any other motor vehicle proceeding in the same direction

(b) a vehicle which is stationary for the purpose of complying with paragraph 5 or 7.

(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) the reference to a motor vehicle in paragraph (a) is, in a case where more than one motor vehicle is proceeding in the same direction as the approaching vehicle in a section 25 crossing controlled area, a reference to the motor vehicle nearest to the crossing to which the controlled area relates; and

(b) the reference to a stationary vehicle is, in a case where more than one vehicle is stationary in a controlled area for the purpose of complying with paragraph 5 or 7, a reference to the stationary vehicle nearest the crossing to which the controlled area relates.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 14 Pt. 5 para. 6 in force at 22.4.2016, see reg. 1(b)