yellow lines

[stoo_pid]

If there are no visible yellow lines (or if they are in such a bad state of repair it's hard to see them) on a standard public highway, can a parking fine still be enforced?

[Skids]

You need proof that there are no yellow lines there, such as a photograph.  If there are yellow lines but they are obscured they can still be enforced.  The best thing to do is look at the parking restriction sign for that bit of road.  If there are, or should be, lines there then there will be a sign as well.  No lines and no sign = no restrictions.

[greenster]

The power to enforce yellow lines derives from the no waiting sign. The yellow lines merely serve to inform you that there is a restriction in force. It is up to you to find the sign. Traffic Wardens however are not always the gits people take them for and in many areas where there is, for instance, a blanket of snow obscuring the lines they will exercise discretion. How brave are you??

[captainhaz]

I asked a traffic warden this once, after hearing about it on "thats life"!!! He said that if the double yellow lines are broken at any point, or don't end in a t bar shape, you can park on them worry free.

[stoo_pid]

Don't get me wrong greenster, I have no intention of getting off on a technicality (I also agree that most wardens are not gits) but I also expect things to be done correctly & legally.  However, I am currently unclear on the legal position in this case.

The reason for my question was that my wife (and all the other cars near hers) received a photocopied piece of paper warning her that she was parked in a restricted zone & that if she parked there again she would receive a ticket from a traffic warden.  However, there are no yellow lines & no parking signs at all.  Some parts of the road have very old taxi rank lines but they are so faded & broken that you almost can't see them.

The area she's currently parking in has had a lot of rebuilding over the last year or so so it's possible that there used to be parking restrictions that may still be in place but if there are no signs or yellow lines, I was under the impression that a fine could not be enforceable.

[landie]

It depends on whether or not you are causing an obstruction. In the true sense of the law the highways are intended for travel not for parking.