On 08/05/2011 11:00, Nick Finnigan wrote:

JNugent wrote:

Saw a "mini-cab" stop on zig-zag lines last night.

Illegal for any vehicle (except a bus stopping at a bus-stop) on the
approach side.

Illegal for any vehicle (except a bus stopping at a bus-stop on the
departing side).

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2...lation/16/made

There certainly used to be exceptions for buses, because when the zig-zags
were introduced in Liverpool, several of them encompassed the whole or a part
of a bus stop (on the approach side). The city engineer was forced to state
(in open council, in reply to a member's question) that this was specifically
allowed under the legislation.

I suppose it it is possible that there has been a programme of improving the
siting of bus-stops.