Exclusive parking bay: what it means

What it means

This bay is parking only for the road users identified by the symbol in the bay.

What you must do

If you are not part of the group the symbol identifies, do not park there.

Where you see it

At parking bays.

Remember

Read the symbol. If it is not your group, you may not park there.

The symbols are:

• A: ambulance
• B: bus
• L: loading zone
• T: taxi
• F: fire-fighting
• R: rickshaw
• CD: diplomatic vehicles
• MB: minibus
• SOS: SOS phone
• D: defence force
• P: South African Police Service

Only goods vehicles may stop or park in the marked area that indicates a loading zone.

In an emergency you may stop or park at the bay that indicates the SOS telephone.

Test yourself

1. Question 1

   Which ONE of the following pairs does NOT give the correct meanings of symbols marked in an exclusive parking bay?

   • A F for fire-fighting; R for rickshaw
   • B T for truck; MB for motorbike
   • C A for ambulance; B for bus
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   Answer: B: T for truck; MB for motorbike

   A means ambulance; T means taxi and MB means minibus, not truck and motorbike.

2. Question 2

   

   The exclusive parking bay shown is marked with the symbol L. What does the symbol L indicate?

   • A A loading zone
   • B Learner drivers
   • C Light motor vehicles
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   Answer: A: A loading zone

   In an exclusive parking bay the symbol L stands for a loading zone.

3. Question 3

   In an exclusive parking bay, which ONE of the following pairs of symbols is NOT correctly explained?

   • A D for doctor; P for public parking
   • B CD for diplomatic vehicles; SOS for SOS phone
   • C T for taxi; MB for minibus
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   Answer: A: D for doctor; P for public parking

   CD means diplomatic vehicles; D means the defence force and P means the South African Police Service.