Shortest DY line?

derrick

dannyrst wrote: »

I always thought you just didn't park infront of a driveway (unless it is your house or you know the owner and have permission).

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q440.htm

Seems it is up to the council/police for each area to come up with their own rules though. Interesting.

The law, stupidly, allows obstruction into a drive but not to access the Highway, although it does depend where you live, police here don't discriminate as I know from personal experience.

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londonTiger

derrick wrote: »

The law, stupidly, allows obstruction into a drive but not to access the Highway, although it does depend where you live, police here don't discriminate as I know from personal experience.

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because that car is very close to a junction and the road also narrows from a wide point, which makes it paticulary dangerous. If the driver needs to turn left fter driving they need to look right quite broadly and then add a parked car immediately to their left and you compound the problem significantly.

derrick

londonTiger wrote: »

because that car is very close to a junction and the road also narrows from a wide point, which makes it paticulary dangerous. If the driver needs to turn left fter driving they need to look right quite broadly and then add a parked car immediately to their left and you compound the problem significantly.

It is nowhere near the junction, the road ony narrows because of, (and after), the bus stop of which there are not a lot of buses at that stop, and as I said earlier, "there is never,(to my knowledge), back ups going that way"

I am not sure what you mean re the part of your post I have highlighted, but if you mean the driver exiting the drive, then it is down to them to excercise caution when joining the highway, (and as you can see they have to reverse out which is never a good idea and contrary to the HC), there is no compounding the problem significantly, certainly no difference to similar roads or the next few driveways on that road, and where there are no such DY lines in those circumstances. It is just crass maintainence by Highways, albeit seems a deliberate act as all the lines have T bars, so it is not as if there had been roadworks and the lines not reinstated.

But what I will do tomorrow is to email the Highways and see if I can get a reason for the DY lines at that point.


PS, I think you quoted the wrong post, should have been #11 not #12?

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WellKnownSid

martinsurrey wrote: »

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner

13 inches...

do i win?

In a way, you can see the logic. People do regularly park too close to disabled / delivery vans / lorries / etc.

There seems to be little in the way of an alternative marking strategy here... Most people just don't respect solid lines or white hatched areas.

Zandoni

You must like short things, using DY instead of typing Double Yellow

derrick

derrick wrote: »

But what I will do tomorrow is to email the Highways and see if I can get a reason for the DY lines at that point.

I have now received an answer re the gap between the 2 sections of DY's from the local Highways Authority, I have pasted it below as I received it, except for the 3 sections I have underlined:-

[FONT=&quot]I refer to your enquiry of 28th November 2015 concerning a section of Double Yellow Line road markings on Pedder's Lane, Ashton, Preston.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]The details of your enquiry have been investigated and the road markings at this location have been like this since at least May 2009 and I am at a loss to explain why they were originally placed in this manner.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Traffic Regulation Order for this section of restriction has been checked and this does not include for any break and it is not usual to leave a space at private accesses / driveways where there are lowered kerbs.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]In view of this, instructions will be issued to rectify the marking. I would mention that the lining teams are currently fully committed and have a long list of other work to attend to. In addition, the material used for road markings cannot be laid in wet conditions and the last few weeks of wet weather has put the programme back considerably.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]As no issues have been reported with vehicles parking in the break causing any problems or affecting traffic movement along Pedder's Lane, this is considered a very minor rectification and not a high priority, however, it will be include as part of routine maintenance and completed by the end of the Financial Year.[/FONT]


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