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What is the nearest you can park to a junction?

28/10/2013

The nearest you can park to a junction is 10 metres (or 32 feet).
This is to allow drivers emerging from, or turning into, the junction a clear view of the road they are joining. It also allows them to see hazards such as pedestrians or cyclists at the junction.

15 Comments

Pattie Boyd

29/8/2016 12:26:25

SO THIS IS LAW WELL YOU SHOULD VISIT MORRIS AVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS WHAT A SHAMBLES THEY PARK ON FOOT PATHS NO ROOM FOR PEOPLE WITH PUSHCHAIRS MOBILITY SCOOTERS DANGEROUS EMERGENCY SERVICES DONT STAND A CHANCE

Martin Gill

18/10/2017 09:36:21

This rule is simply not followed by drivers nor enforced by anyone in authority. As a driver for a holiday company I have lost track of the number of times I have been forced to enter a T junction or crossroads on the wrong side because of abysmal parking. It is no wonder there are so many "head ons" at junctions

Pat Hutchings

28/5/2017 13:40:57

This rule also applies to blue badge holders except in certain post codes such as CM2 6ZH where enforcement officers allow and even encourage blue badge parking on double yellow lines within the restricted zone of ten metres the junction?

Austin Matthews link

22/11/2017 11:22:00

Parking at a corner is normally not within 10 metres. Is is different on a bus route ? I have been told it may be 15 metres.

Lisa

18/10/2018 14:52:17

Come to Redditch.
Highway Code and especially this rule means absolutely nothing to them!

Mick. Naisbitt

7/11/2018 17:50:35

I haven’t seen this enforced anywhere. Maybe it is easier for police to stand behind speed cameras than have to get out of there cars and check things like this out.

Dawn Hoskins

8/1/2019 12:42:49

Is it 10 metres from the middle of the junction or each side of the road? I mean - where is the 10 metres measured from?

Malcolm Shaw link

17/4/2019 18:31:07

On a crossroads with traffic lights, where on the radius does the meausurement start from.

Alan Gilbert

2/11/2019 14:40:40

In Towcester ,Northamptomshire we put bus stops on blind bends and facing junctions.

David Powell

9/1/2020 20:29:13

Along with parking on the pavement and parking facing oncoming traffic at night this is yet another case of the authorities can't be bothered. What is the point of writing these things in the Highway code? None. I think.

I have never heard of anyone being fined or even warned about this. Do as you wish people. Nothing will happen to you.

Paul Smith

6/2/2020 08:18:35

This and a number of other laws(?) in the Highway Code have been decriminalised! Officially it's left to local authorities to deal with which, generally, they don't!

JohnSmith

18/6/2020 18:28:37

Check 137 Southport Road in Lydiate. They park right on the junction there. God help you trying to leave thevMoorings or the Fieldings.

David Chapman

14/11/2020 08:52:17

What about when it is comes to smaller residential roads? Surely this would be a shorter distance?!?!

Simon

19/11/2020 19:51:35

As with most things in the "Highway Code" this rule is merely a guide and not part of any actual law...

JoeKing

14/12/2020 11:07:34

The small local Post Office causes no end of trouble for those wanting to enter or leave from our T-junction.

This only gets worse during the Christmas period with cars lined up down one side of the street for as much as 30 metres, making a blind turn extremely hazardous for everyone and having to drive on the wrong side of the road.

Thought of starting a petition for double yellow lines to cover the junction but even if that should be successful, will anyone actually pay any attention?!?

What is the nearest you can park to a junction?

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