When is parking considered a serious obstruction or dangerous in relation to lowered pedestrian crossings?

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According to General Traffic Regulations, parking is considered dangerous or a serious obstruction to traffic when it takes place at lowered crossings designed for people with physical disabilities. The correct answer is 'When it obstructs normal use, preventing safe passage.' This is because blocking the curb ramp forces wheelchair users or those with reduced mobility to move along the roadway or seek another unsafe access point. The other options do not define danger in this specific context: perpendicular parking is legal if signs permit it, and parking in a loading zone is a timing infraction, but not necessarily an immediate physical safety risk like blocking a pedestrian crossing.

When is parking considered a serious obstruction or dangerous in relation to lowered pedestrian crossings?

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