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Police allow parking on yellow lines, so why don’t councils?

Keith Peat, Drivers’ Union, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire
06 September 2013
 

Ministers always worry me when they talk of double yellow lines as Norman Baker, the Liberal Democrat local transport minister, does in rebuking Eric Pickles’ idea for 15 minutes delay before issuing tickets (‘Parking rules reviewed as Baker rubbishes yellow lines waiver’ LTT 09 Aug).

Yellow lines are nothing to do with traffic flow or danger but are merely intended to prevent long-term parking on streets. Both single and double yellow lines are of the same value when in...

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