Loading Only Road Markings

Special loading bays may be provided along with parking bays, or in areas where waiting and loading are otherwise prohibited. The bays may be reserved for use by goods vehicles (where indicated on signs) or may be used by all vehicles, e.g. outside shops where heavy purchases have to be carried to a car. However, these bays should not be used prior to making the purchase, but only for collection of pre-paid items when they are too large or heavy to carry to where the car is parked. Once loading is complete, the vehicle must leave the bay. Some loading bays may be used for other purposes at different times of the day. For example, the bay may be reserved for disabled badge holders during the day and for loading during early morning and late afternoon. In such cases, the bay will not be marked ‘LOADING ONLY’; it is therefore important to read the upright signs to see who can use the bay at certain times of day. There may be times, such as morning and evening peak periods, when loading is not permitted. In such cases, there will be a single yellow line running through the bay and single ‘no loading’ marks on the kerb. The length of the white marks and gaps forming the boundary of a loading bay no longer have fixed sizes. The boundary may be formed by a continuous white line. A loading bay may also be indicated by coloured surfacing or block paving instead of white lines.