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PROHIBITION OF WAITING AND LOADING

When the prohibition of waiting applies for a period less than 24 hours each day, diagram 639 is used, with the appropriate times displayed. The sign may be varied to include dates if the prohibition does not apply all year round. The associated marking is always the single yellow line to diagram 1017. Where a prohibition of loading also applies, the combined sign to diagram 640 is used, together with the single yellow line and the single kerb mark (diagram 1019).

As described in para 6.2, a prohibition of waiting extends from the centre of the road to the highway boundary. However, there might be certain situations where it is required to prohibit waiting on the verge or footway, but not on the main carriageway. This is most likely on rural roads subject to an order that prohibits stopping on the main carriageway (i.e. a 24-hour rural clearway; see paras 9.3 to 9.8). It might be desirable to prevent waiting on a verge because the ground is soft or newly seeded, or perhaps for road safety or security reasons, such as near an airfield. In this case, the sign to diagram 637.1 is used, with no road markings. It may indicate "verge", "footway" or both, and the "no waiting" symbol may be varied to the "no stopping" symbol shown in diagram 642. The latter applies where the order prohibits stopping rather than waiting. 44