Adsibob Posted August 16, 2022 Share Posted August 16, 2022 We finally got our dropped kerb done today. I was initially very excited until I noticed that the council workmen had removed the resident’s parking bay (two bays in fact) and replaced them with a SINGLE yellow line. i believe that technically it is illegal to park in front of a dropped kerb. However, not everybody knows that and the presence of a single yellow line, beside a sign which says when one can park on a single yellow, is likely to confuse the average driver. The internet appears to agree with me: https://penaltychargenotice.co.uk/parking/contraventions-for-parking/contravention-code-27/ I don’t live in Westminster, but it seems my council’s policy is the same. If I want the single yellow line removed, I can pay the Council to replace it with a single white line. Whatever does that mean? There is no other option. This is stupidity and bureaucracy on a whole new level. Why don’t they just paint two yellow lines and be done with it, or have no line to emphasise that it’s a dropped kerb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Adsibob said: i believe that technically it is illegal to park in front of a dropped kerb. However, not everybody knows that I knew that, and have pointed it out to people that park along a street with them. Their defence 'I did not know that, are you sure, there are not any signs'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 When I lived with my parents when younger, DOUBLE yellow lines did not stop people parking across the dropped curb blocking me in our out. Plod would not do anything to move the cars, just give them a parking ticket. The issue in that case was people parking in a hurry to get a bus to London for the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 11 minutes ago, SteamyTea said: I knew that, and have pointed it out to people that park along a street with them. Their defence 'I did not know that, are you sure, there are not any signs'. Well this proves my point. Really incredible the Council does not think more proactively about this and anticipate people's stupidity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 What is your issue with the yellow line? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 This line issue has made you come over a bit Spanish in your title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 24 minutes ago, Mr Punter said: This line issue has made you come over a bit Spanish in your title. decisión Excellent Anyone can speak Spanish. Just change the end of the word to make it sound like you have sucked on a lemon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 hours ago, ProDave said: What is your issue with the yellow line? My issue is that the sign for the road restrictions says not to park on a yellow line other than on certain days/times. The implication being that during those days/times it’s absolutely fine to park. But if someone parks there they will render our driveway unusable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I would say the yellow line highlights some thought required if parking. Generally there is nothing in front of a dropped keg thereby allowing anyone to park anytime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted August 17, 2022 Author Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 2 minutes ago, markc said: I would say the yellow line highlights some thought required if parking. Generally there is nothing in front of a dropped keg thereby allowing anyone to park anytime. But then why paint it single yellow. Why not double yellow or double red, or a zig zag. Painting exactly the same as the adjacent space where there is no dropped kerb is just silly. Edited August 17, 2022 by Adsibob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 A few years ago it was common to park a car in the drive and another across the front. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I always was told it was the sign that was the legal part of the parking restriction, the line being an indication there was a restriction. People have got away with parking on a yellow line when the sign was missing. However. Parking in front of a persons drive/dropped kerb I’s defo a no no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Adsibob said: not to park on a yellow line other than on certain days/times Which also change depending on location in the country. I have single yellow lines. It should be either no parking, ever, or free for all parking. Not a mishmash of sometimes parking. Residence parking permits are a (expletive deleted)ing joke. Friends of mine clubbed together and got the council to issue them for their street. £3 admin charge back in the late 1990s. Now they pay £500 a year for each of their cars. Dopey will pillocks. It was their (the street's residence) cars blocking the street. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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