Signs and lines

Laws you should know

• Urban clearways

  What urban clearway signs mean: no stopping at the times shown, except to pick up or set down passengers.

• Waiting restrictions - double yellow lines

  What double yellow lines mean: no waiting at any time, when you can still stop to load or let passengers in and out, and the Blue Badge rules.

• Waiting restrictions - single yellow lines

  What single yellow lines mean: no waiting during the times on the sign or zone entry sign, when you can still stop, and the Blue Badge rules.

• Bus and cycle lanes

  When you can and cannot drive, stop or park in bus lanes, cycle lanes and cycle tracks, and how councils enforce them with cameras.

• Parking bays for specific users

  Residents', permit, disabled, loading, car club and electric vehicle charging bays: who may use them, virtual permits, and the penalties for parking in them.

• Pay and display parking bays

  How to avoid a Penalty Charge Notice in pay and display and pay-by-phone bays: check the signs, display or pay correctly, the 10-minute grace period and no-return rules.

• Blue Badge parking

  Where Blue Badge holders can and cannot park in England and Wales: yellow lines, meters and bays, the blue clock, central London, car parks, misuse and who can get a badge.

• Moving traffic penalties: box junctions, banned turns and bus gates

  Which councils in England and Wales can issue penalties for yellow box junctions, banned turns, bus gates and School Streets, how much they cost, the warning letter and how to challenge one.