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ON—STREET PARKING AND LOADING

Disabled badge holders may usually park on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours in England and Wales; in Scotland there is no time limit. In Northern Ireland, although the three–hour limit applies, parking is not permitted on yellow lines within 15m of a junction. Disabled badge holders may not wait where there is a ban on loading or in a few areas where local schemes apply. They might also be exempt from limits on parking times or parking charges imposed on other users. Where there is a high demand for parking or where vehicles regularly load and unload on yellow lines, the provision of parking bays for disabled badge holders might be advantageous. Such bays are generally wider than ordinary parking bays, are not normally time limited and encourage disabled badge holders to park in the most appropriate locations.

The sign to diagram 661A may be used to give effect to an order which designates reserved parking places for disabled badge holders only. The orange badge symbol shown on diagram 661 of the 1994 Regulations has been replaced by the blue badge shown in diagram 661A and all new signs must incorporate this symbol. Existing signs with the orange symbol may remain in place until 1 January 2010. The blue badge symbol always faces to the right, even when the sign incorporates an arrow pointing to the left.

The sign must be used with a bay marking to either diagram 1028.3, 1032 or 1033, in each case with or without the legend DISABLED. Diagram 1032 is a standard bay which should be used at its largest width of 2700 mm. The other two bay markings have an increased width suitable for disabled badge holder parking. See section 20 in Chapter 5 for further details regarding bay markings.

The times of operation may be included on the sign as shown on working drawing P 661A (see para 1.9). Outside these times any vehicle may park in the bay unless signs and markings indicate otherwise.

Disabled badge holder bays are often provided near facilities such as shops, doctors' surgeries and railway stations. However, there might be a need to provide bays that enable disabled people to park close to their homes in areas that either have parking bay provision for other road users (permit or otherwise) or where there are no parking controls but kerb space is often fully occupied by parked vehicles. Where other disabled badge holders are likely to deprive a resident of the use of the space, a resident permit holder bay should be considered, with the permit issued only to the designated person. The upright sign for this bay would be to diagram 660 or 660.3 and would need its own unique permit identifier. The bay marking would be to diagram 1028.4 with no legend. The bay marking to diagram 1028.3 cannot be used in this case without a special direction from the Department (see para 2.1).

The signs to diagrams 661.2A, 661.3A and 661.4 are for use in association with on—street pay and display schemes. The sign to diagram 661.2A includes an arrow indicating the direction to the nearest ticket machine. A second arrow may be added pointing in the opposite direction when the sign is sited between two machines. Where the ticket machine is on the other side of the road, the arrow should be omitted and the legend "Pay at machine" varied to either "Pay at machine across road" or "Pay at machine opposite". The sign to diagram 661.3A is used when sited close to the ticket machine. The sign to diagram 661.4 indicating "Have you paid and displayed?" is a reminder to drivers and is optional. The working drawings P 661.2A, P 661.3A and P 661.4 (see para 1.9) show the correct designs for these signs and their variants.

The signs to diagrams 661.2A and 661.3A must be used with the bay marking to diagram 1028.4, 1032 or 1033, in each case with no legend. The times of operation may be included on these two signs (see working drawings P 661.2A and 59