Red Routes (Hansard, 10 March 1994)

§ Mr. Barry Porter
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which organisations are exempt from the parking restrictions imposed on red routes; and if he will list for each organisation the reasons why.

§ Mr. Norris
The information is as follows:

vehicles being used for the provision of a London bus service, while waiting at an authorised stopping place or stand;

vehicles displaying a current disabled person's badge, when stopping for the purpose of enabling people with disabilities to board or alight from the vehicle;

Royal Mail liveried vehicles engaged in the collection or delivery of letters in accordance with the statutory duty of the Post Office for the provision of services for the conveyance of letters;

licensed cabs stopping for the purpose of enabling a person to board or alight from the vehicle or to load or unload their personal luggage;

vehicles waiting at any place for so long as may be necessary for the purpose of giving help required as a result of an accident or emergency or taking other action in the interests of public safety;

vehicles required by law to stop, or obliged to stop in order to avoid an accident, or prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond the driver's control;

vehicles when used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

vehicles waiting with the permission or at the discretion of a police constable in uniform.

§ Mr. Barry Porter
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the definitions of loading and unloading for vehicles using the prescribed loading bays on red routes.

§ Mr. Norris
Loading and unloading is not defined in any statute; it would be for the courts to determine any disputed cases.

§ Mr. Barry Porter
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration his Department has given to the impact red routes will have on courier companies and the businesses they serve.
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§ Mr. Norris
Red routes will improve traffic conditions for all road users so that people and goods can move around the capital more easily. Courier firms and the businesses they serve will benefit from more reliable journey times and improved parking and loading arrangements on London's main roads.