Rule 239: Check before opening your door 240. You MUST NOT   stop or park on  ● the carriageway or the hard shoulder of a motorway except  in an emergency (see Rule 270)  ● a pedestrian crossing, including the area marked by the  zig-zag lines (see Rule 191)  ● a clearway  ● taxi bays as indicated by upright signs and markings  ● an Urban Clearway within its hours of operation, except to  pick up or set down passengers ● a road marked with double white lines, even when a broken  white line is on your side of the road, except to pick up or set  down passengers, or to load or unload goods  ● a tram or cycle lane during its period of operation  ● a cycle track  highwaycodeuk.co.uk 126 