§ Sir R. Russellasked the Minister of Transport if he will allow disabled drivers, who are issued with yellow badges, the same facilities as regards parking as are granted to drivers of commercial vehicles with C licences.
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Mr. Bob BrownNo special parking facilities are granted specifically to the drivers of vehicles with C licences, but frequently, where waiting restrictions are imposed by local authorities, exemptions are included to permit drivers to stop to enable any person to board or alight or for goods to be loaded or unloaded.
In our advice to traffic authorities we have asked them to consider exempting holders of the yellow car badge from the time limits imposed by parking meter and limited waiting orders, but traffic authorities are, of course, free to grant such further concessions as local traffic conditions permit.