Are you a yellow belly....

[FredDibnah]

....about yellow lines? I am.

I know only the most basic thing about yellow lines, and that is that you shouldn't park on them.

I don't really know the difference between single ones, double ones, broken ones, kerb markings or even red ones. I guess that they range from "don't park here most of the time" through to "You really, really don't want to park here EVER" but I'm never really sure.

I am always impressed by people who park up on yellow lines when it is safe to do so. Normally there's a sign somewhere with a blue circle on it and red line through stating Urban Clearway - and you see some people pull up, look at the sign, check their watch, grin knowlingly and then park up. How do they know???

I infuriate MrsDibnah by driving past a space in a row of parked cars on a Sunday afternoon which has a yellow line as she always says "it must be ok - everyone else is parked there" but too often I've seen a row of cars all ticketed on that basis where they play sheep and park up because someone else has.

I won't even park if there's a little yellow stripe painted on the kerbstone every 5 metres (what does THAT mean by the way?!?!)

So are you also Yella about Yella? or do you know your clearways from your bank holiday rules to your early evening/non-residential single yellow rights?

[howell811]

Read up on the highway code.

[keithyboy]

Basic understanding is double yellows means never as does a solid white but for different reasons (that I don't know). Single yellow means you can park there sometimes but there are restrictions, usually explained by a sign of some sort. Alternative understanding is double yellows means you can park there as long as your hazards are on and you're only using the cash point/buying a lottery ticket/buying milk and other essential supplies.

If you work in Salford, parking on double yellows is fine if you're not too tardy whereas parking in a pay and display area and straying over the time on your ticket by 45 seconds is verboten.

Red means that if you park there they'll tow your car away and sell it for scrap.

[TonyGr]

Yes I am a yellow belly..........Lincolnshire born and bred.

I don't understand all the differences but I do know that the justification for yellow lines is supposed to be to prevent accidents by stopping parking which will create dangerous situations and to prevent congestion by stopping parking which will constrict the flow of traffic.


So how come anyone with a blue badge can park anywhere on yellow lines. Whether the driver is disabled or not the car will still cause a dangerous situation (or if not it should not be a yellow line but a disabled parking bay) or congestion (ditto)

[howell811]

There's a short parking zone in Port Talbot that we park on in the town centre. You can park about five cars on it. It has a single yellow line with a sign at one end stating 'no parking Mon-Fri 8:00am - 6:00pm' and a sign the other stating 'no parking Mon-Sat 8:00am - 6:00pm'.

Three weeks on the trot we parked there on a Saturday and got a ticket and three times I wrote to the council stating the error with their signs, three times I got off. On the third time I told them that I would complain of harassment if they kept ticketing me and I haven't got one since.

[FredDibnah]

Originally Posted by howell811

Read up on the highway code.

Do you mean all 23 pages of this...

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum.../dg_191927.pdf

I lost the will to live by the time I got to Clearways Specifics on page 17....

[ellprice]

Times on bus lanes are the same, no-one reads them so you get one lane been used when at certain times they could both be in use

[DaveAlfa147]

Originally Posted by FredDibnah

Do you mean all 23 pages of this...

http://www.direct.gov.uk/prod_consum.../dg_191927.pdf

I lost the will to live by the time I got to Clearways Specifics on page 17....

I can't believe it states that sign saying that signs telling us of restrictions are being phased out in favour of kerb markings. Kerb markings which the local authorities have to maintain I assume. God help us all. My local council couldn't even give itself planning permission for it's own Christmas tree last year.

[rosiebear]

One of the London mayoral candidates has said they will take control of all London parking. That will sort it out.
What gets me at the moment is the cycle super highways; can you drive in them or not? There are no answers to be had anywhere!

[KrisE]

That would be a no you can't drive in them especially as they support 2 way traffic so you could end up with a new bonnet mascot if you did.

[ACAPULCO AL]

get an audi Q7 with blacked out windows. they're exempt from all parking restrictions. so it would seem, anyway

[rosiebear]

May I add that all Chelsea Tractors can park wherever they want. The reason many people round here buy them is that they are unable to park/drive them and are unable to comprehend parking rules or have any thought for others. Not that I have anything against them or their drivers you understand.