Chris the Fish wrote:
A Taxi (but not a PH) can stop on a Bus Stop to load or unload only.
The Regulation is "Statutory Instrument 3113 of 2002, Regulation 29, Schedule 19, Bus Stand Clearways and Box Junctions, Para 4(d)."
So it is National Law and can't be trumped by the LA'
The exact quote then:
(d) A taxi which is stationary only for so long as may be reasonably necessary for a passenger to board or alight and to load or unload any luggage of the passenger;
I often use Bus Stops - particularly the ones with the raised kerb (Bus Boarders) for loading or unloading my Wheelchair Passengers - but after a Traffic Cop gave me grief (and a Ticket which got cancelled), I also keep a copy of Schedule 19 in my Cab, twice since ordinary Coppers have radioed in to check the veracity.
If you want to check the veracity yourself, it is here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002 ... le/19/madeBy the way there is a similar provision that a Bus (But NOT COACHES) can use a Taxi Rank - but only to load or unload passengers, not to wait. Can't put my finger on that one at the moment though.
It drives Bus Drivers mental when they were the ones that called the Bill.........
@Chris the Fish - fantastic answer! That is just the job, I have printed out to PDF file the pages 409-410 of Schedule 19 of the The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions - SI 2002 No. 3113, from the downloadable PDF document in the above link you gave. I will certainly be keeping a copy of this in the cab which I drive.
Though I couldn't find anything on this in the Highway Code, in the DVSA manual 'Know Your Traffic Signs', I now note on p58 they do specifically say for a bus stop on a RED ROUTE, if the wide continuous line along the edge is YELLOW (but not RED) then taxis may pick up and set down, though on p34 for a bus stop elsewhere they do not say anything about taxis. This could be taken as implying the exemption for taxis generally, since the red route is a more restrictive environment. Many thanks!
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