Parking Sign

[Susiescrabbler]

A rectangular parking sign. The bottom half has a white background and a Large P with the information that one has to pay at the machine and display the ticket Mon - Sat between 10 am and 4 pm. That is clear. The bit above gives the No loading days and times. That is clear. The top part of the sign has a yellow background with, in the top left corner, a blue circle with a white rim and white diagonal line. The lettering states, “Mon - Sat” and under that “7 am - 10 am” and under that “4 pm - 7 pm”. I’ve searched the Highway Code and Government sites re parking signs but cannot find any reference to such a blue circle with a white diagonal line. Can anyone please put me out of my misery and tell me what it means?

[bhg481]

Are you sure the white isn't red that's faded? Controlled Parking zones have a blue disc with a red rim and a red diagonal, together with times.

[hc4361]

How peculiar. If it were red rimmed with a red line it would make sense - no waiting between 7am - 10am and 4pm - 7pm. I would take it to mean that but phone the highway department of your local to check.

[Susiescrabbler]

Definitely not a faded sign. I agree, if it had been rammed in red with a red diagonal I would have understood it.

[Grandpappy]

I would agree with hc4361 and if the answer is a little ambigious then don't park there!
But just to be safe get at least 5 written copies in blood and signed by Boris Johnson,just to be safe!!

[sddsddean]

I assume you mean it looks like this.
http://penaltychargenotice.co.uk/traffic-signs-lines/ (the one at the top of the page). In that case, it should definately have red rim and bar. Probably a mistake during manufacture...it does happen! Once I was on a job putting traffic lights up round a big roundabout and it needed about 14 traffic light ahead signs (picture of traffic lights in a red triangle). Took me a couple of hours to work out what was wrong...the lights were upside down with green at the top!