No stoppingUnited Kingdom
Traffic rules
United Kingdom
1. No stopping
No stopping means that vehicles are not permitted to stop voluntarily at the indicated location, even briefly for picking up or dropping off passengers or loading or unloading goods. It is a stricter restriction than a no-parking rule.
A no-stopping restriction may be indicated by a traffic sign, road marking or local traffic regulation. Drivers should continue to a place where stopping is permitted unless they are forced to stop by traffic conditions, an emergency or another legal requirement.
Do double red lines in the United Kingdom mean the same as double yellow lines?
No. On designated red routes, double red lines mean no stopping at any time, subject to the applicable authorised exceptions and bays. Double yellow lines regulate waiting rather than imposing an identical red-route stopping ban.
May you stop to pick up a passenger on a UK clearway?
Not on an ordinary 24-hour clearway merely to pick up passengers. Urban clearways and some signed restrictions can have different pickup rules. Check the exact sign and the hours shown.
🔗 gov.uk • UK Department for Transport, waiting and stopping signs
Parking and stopping prohibited.
English • GB diagram 642 • No stopping on the main carriageway. This is a clearway restriction: stopping on the main carriageway is prohibited. Observe its signed extent and any statutory exceptions.
Sources
🔗 Commons.wikimedia.org (Government of the United Kingdom – Department for Transport • Crown copyright • OGL v1.0)
🔗 Legislation.gov.uk • Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions • Great Britain
🔗 Gov.uk • Department for Transport • Know your traffic signs
SVG source: Government of the United Kingdom – Department for Transport • OGL v1.0 • Original revision 2022-01-23. Wikimedia original unmodified. © Crown copyright. Traffic signs are Crown copyright. You may reproduce traffic signs free of charge and without having to seek permission, but you must reproduce them accurately and not in a misleading context (e.g. not on roadside billboards where they could mislead drivers). (ref [1])
Artwork verified against Gov.uk • official published diagram 642.
Current design and permitted variants verified against Legislation.gov.uk • TSRGD, current text.
Can you drop off a child on school entrance markings with a signed stopping ban in Great Britain?
No. During the restriction, you must not stop there even briefly to set down or collect passengers.
🔗 gov.uk • Great Britain Highway Code, waiting and parking, Rule 238
