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ON-STREET PARKING AND LOADING large demand for loading or a possibility that drivers might abuse the bay by combining loading with ordinary parking, a time limit should be avoided, so that the loading operation is allowed to take as long as is necessary. The bay may be used for loading by any vehicle unless the sign is varied to ”Goods vehicle loading only”.

The sign to diagram 660.4 must be used with a bay marking to diagram 1028.3 or 1032, each with the legend LOADING ONLY, or 1033 with no legend. The bay to diagram 1028.3 has the largest maximum width (3600 mm) and is therefore the most appropriate for goods vehicle loading. Where the loading bay is used mainly by cars or small vans and has been provided to allow customers to collect large purchases from nearby shops, the smallest width of bay to diagram 1028.3 (2700 mm) might be adequate. Diagrams 1032 and 1033 are also more appropriate for smaller vehicles.

Where a parking or loading bay does not operate continuously, and there is a prohibition of waiting at certain times, a sign to diagram 639.1 B should be used. This comprises either two or three panels depending on whether there is a prohibition of loading. The upper panel is yellow and gives details of the waiting restrictions. It is based on the sign to diagram 639 (see para 6.9) and may be varied to either diagram 650.2 or 650.3 (see para 6.12) where the parking or loading bay is used as a ”no waiting” taxi rank at other times, perhaps overnight. The centre panel, if any, will include details of the loading prohibition. The top and centre panel will therefore be similar in design to diagram 640 (see para 6.9). The lower panel gives details of the parking or loading conditions. It may indicate limited waiting, permit parking, disabled badge holder parking, pay and display parking, voucher parking, a loading bay, shared—use parking or disc zone parking. It has the same design as one of the signs described previously in this section, other than diagrams 801 and 661.4, or the same design as the shared—use bay sign (see paras 7.33 to 7.37) or the ”disc zone” sign to diagram 662 (see para 12.5). The permitted variants that apply to the individual signs for these parking bays also apply to the lower panel of diagram 639.1B. Examples of permitted variants of diagram 639.1B are shown in figure 7-4.

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