Which of the vehicle drivers parked incorrectly to disembark passengers?

Explanation

The motorcycle and bus drivers; both have stopped within the prohibited zone of the pedestrian crossing.

Stopping on a pedestrian crossing and closer than 5 metres before it is prohibited; after the crossing, however, no such prohibition exists. That single rule settles the position of all three vehicles in the picture.

The motorcycle is standing right on the edge of the yellow crossing markings; that is, the worst case — a stop on the crossing itself. The green van has stopped 2 metres before the crossing, which is clearly inside the prohibited 5-metre zone. The red car, however, is standing 1 metre after the crossing, and what it is doing is not an offence.

Why is the law sensitive to "before the crossing" and not to "after it"? Because the main danger is the blocking of the field of view. A car standing before the crossing hides a pedestrian stepping onto the carriageway from the pavement on that side from the eyes of a moving driver; the pedestrian emerges from behind it and the driver has only an instant to react. This is the classic "hidden pedestrian" crash, whose victims are mostly children. A car stopped on the far side of the crossing hides no pedestrian from an approaching driver's view.

Worth memorising: the figure of 5 metres is one-directional — only before the crossing.

• The passenger car is standing 1 metre after the crossing, and the 5-metre prohibition applies only before the crossing; its stop is lawful. • The motorcycle has committed an offence, but it is not the only offender; the green van is also standing 2 metres before the crossing. • The bus has committed an offence, but the motorcycle standing on the crossing markings themselves has committed a more blatant one and must not be left out. • "All the drivers" is wrong, because the red car's stop after the crossing falls under no prohibition.

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