Parking
Commons · Question 1798 · Tabled 15 May 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 21 May 2026
Question
Asked by Darren Paffey
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential risks posed by vehicles parking facing oncoming traffic.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 21 May 2026
Rule 248 of the Highway Code states that drivers must not park on a road at night facing against the direction of the traffic flow unless in a recognised parking space. The Department has made no such assessment and does not plan to extend this requiremen...