You've quoted the rules which forbid parking and driving in the bike lane and then went on to confidently make up the part about stopping and dropping people off.

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iamcalledrob 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

In UK highway terminology, you're "driving" in the bike lane if your vehicle enters it.

	▲	valicord 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		If that was the case they wouldn't need to forbid "parking" since it would not be possible to "park" without "driving" first. It's explicitly legal for cabs to drop off passengers in London https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/walking-and-cycling-changes-o...

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gsnedders an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You cannot stop in a cycle lane to drop people off without first driving into the cycle lane.

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010101010101 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The driving is the part before and after the stopping, which is the parking.