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Details of signs for roads, other than pedestrian zones, where either motor vehicles or all vehicles are prohibited can be found in section 5. Pedestrian zones are generally areas such as shopping streets where pedestrians will normally predominate and have full use of the width of the road, either at all times or at certain times of day. The roads may be fully paved for pedestrians or comprise a carriageway with separate footways.

Where alternative access to premises is available, it might be possible to prohibit all vehicles from a pedestrian zone without any exceptions. However, in most cases some form of access will be required. This might be for deliveries, disabled badge holders, buses etc. The pedestrian zone might operate for part of the day with or without exceptions, e.g. from 10 am to 4 pm, with unlimited access at other times. Alternatively, the zone might operate for a longer period, perhaps for 24 hours, with exceptions for access at certain times or at all times. Depending on the access requirements, a pedestrian zone might or might not need parking controls. It might be desirable to impose a prohibition of waiting and, possibly, loading during the hours when entry into the zone is prohibited. This would provide a means of enforcement where a vehicle has legally entered the zone and parked there but does not leave when the zone becomes operational. Where waiting and loading restrictions are needed, these should normally be signed and marked in accordance with section 6. However, if certain conditions are met, the road markings may be omitted and upright signs to diagram 637.2 provided (see paras 11.14 to 11.16).

Emergency vehicles, security cash delivery vehicles, road works vehicles, statutory undertakers' vehicles, domestic removals, funerals etc. are usually exempted from the traffic regulation order and are not signed as exceptions (see para 2.4).

There are two types of entry sign: diagram 618.2 and diagram 618.3. The sign to diagram 618.3A is a variable message version of diagram 618.3. The exit sign to diagram 618.4 is used for all pedestrian zones. The sign to diagram 618.3, with the yellow ”no waiting” panel, is intended mainly for pedestrian zones that have waiting restrictions but no yellow lines, similar to the restricted zones described in section 13. The sign to diagram 618.2 has fewer variants indicating exceptions to the entry prohibition than the sign to diagram 618.3, and does not have a yellow "no waiting" panel. The sign to diagram 618.2 is used where there are no waiting restrictions within the zone because there are few or no exceptions to the prohibition of entry, or where waiting restrictions are signed in accordance with section 6. The sign to diagram 618.2 is therefore likely to be used for a pedestrian zone that operates for part of the day (e.g. 10 am to 4 pm) when all