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What is the nearest you can park to a junction?

28/10/2013

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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.                                
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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

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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

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Terry Lloyd
14/2/2021 15:37:10

Tell the police in Bassetlaw (Nottinghamshire) they are inept

Gideon Ransley
24/7/2021 14:03:33

The Highway Code Rule 243 quoted above is NOT law, just good practise and therefore a rule. If the Local Authority or Highways Agency place yellow or red lines at a junction to enhance this rule it then becomes a law or regulation and can then be enforced. Should a vehicle to parked in such a position within 10 metres of junction and is considered to be in a 'dangerous position' or 'causing an unnecessary obstruction', the vehicle can be dealt with appropriately as it will then be committing an offence. Hope that clarifies the situation.

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Summer link
8/11/2021 12:16:32

My neighbour parks literally 2 and a half meters from a junction who holds a blue badge is this allowed ?
Thanks

Leslie Kaye
4/12/2021 10:16:46

Rule 243 of the Highway Code is explanatory to Regulation 103 of The Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 which states:

"103. No person in charge of a motor vehicle or trailer shall cause or permit the vehicle to stand on a road so as to cause any unnecessary obstruction of the road."

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1078/regulation/103/made

Therefore although the 10 metre rule does not appear in statute, judges will use it to interpret Regulation 103 and therefore you will get nicked.

Leslie Kaye
4/12/2021 10:19:24

A Blue Badge does not give precedence over the 10 metre rule unless there is a defined mobility parking bay.

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?

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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.

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Lisa
18/10/2018 14:52:17

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

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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.

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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?

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Malcolm Shaw link
17/4/2019 18:31:07

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

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Alan Gilbert
2/11/2019 14:40:40

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

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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?!?!

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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...

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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?!?

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David
23/2/2021 01:23:26

I know the police are busy but surely pcso's could enforce bad/dangerous parking at junctions.

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Tracy
19/4/2021 15:26:05

My house is situated on a junction of 3 roads. We park off road, because the road is a busy one. We keep getting all sorts of vehicles parking outside our house, so whenever we try to pull off the drive, we cant see anything coming up one of the 3 roads, it's very dangerous. I've reported it to the council, they said it was the police, the police said it was the council. I e contacted my local mp, he has passed it to the council. I've just had a large van parked outside again, spoke with him and he said, "my car is taxed, I can park it anywhere". I'm at my wits end!

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Gerry
19/6/2021 12:47:48

This problem is country-wide, caused by an increase of inconsiderate morons on our roads and useless, inept authorities that can't be bothered to prosecute the drongo's.

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Ackie Macrae
14/7/2021 20:32:31

If you think it’s bad in Redditch come to Newtonmore

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Viv Ellwood
25/8/2021 11:05:05

Here's a good one for you! Large transit sized van parked on the pavement outside our house, so we cannot see to get out of our drive without pulling full car into the road where we have lots of farm machinery and tractors constantly back and forth.Also we live within the 10 metres of a junction Rang Northern Gas Networks who own the van to be told the driver's wife is in labour !! What?? is she in the van?? So all you fellas out there , park where you want if your wife's in labour!! Parked there at 4.00pm Tuesday and still there at 11.00 am wednesday, and for the record, he parks on the pavement just up the road from here EVERY weekend FOR THE WHOLE WEEKEND so not sure what any of this has to do with parking in front of our house. Had my moan , now waiting for him to appear!!

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Dawn
14/3/2022 09:01:26

How close can you park legally next to another car..?.. door to door … Not bumper to bumper…

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Tessa Williams link
30/5/2022 15:57:56

Green Lane a road that runs off the main Hamstead Road I. Birmingham has a cut out section at the junction to allow the number 16 buses to turn here. Where would this 10 metre rule apply from the actual give way markings at the junction or where the pavement commences following the turning curve ?

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