Tickets for 45 and 55 seconds!

D_P_Dance

I do so all the time and have never been ticketed for it.  I simply put my BB on show.

Coupon-mad

swazzle2000 said:-

And surely it's safer to stop on an empty car park than it is to stop on double yellow lines! 

Absolutely not.  The complete opposite is true, it is frustrating that driving instructors fail to tell people this.

I have never in my 14 years of driving come across anything that says you are permitted to stop on double yellow lines.

You are not the first poster here to think that and won't be the last, that is why I was so very keen to make sure you both know this in future, it will save you running the risk of scam PCNs from private firms who have no exempt activity rule, like double yellow lines do.

It is 100% allowed to stop on DYL when dropping something or someone off.  You do not have to be a delivery driver.  Unloading includes taking something to adjacent premises and a CEO would have to observe the car for at least 5 minutes and you'd be allowed longer if you got a PCN after, say, ten minutes, but were able to prove the activity and appeal - that wins easily with Council PCNs because those are the rules on street.

https://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/road-markings.html

''Waiting restrictions indicated by yellow lines apply to the carriageway, pavement and verge. You may stop to load or unload (unless there are also loading restrictions as described below) or while passengers board or alight. Double yellow lines mean no waiting at any time, unless there are signs that specifically indicate seasonal restrictions. The times at which the restrictions apply for other road markings are shown on nearby plates or on entry signs to controlled parking zones. If no days are shown on the signs, the restrictions are in force every day including Sundays and Bank Holidays. White bay markings and upright signs (see below) indicate where parking is allowed.''


And as long as they don't cause an obstruction (like parking near a junction) people with Blue Badge can park for 3 hours. 

And parents dropping kids to school can do that - it's also exempt, within reason (a few minutes to escort a child to or from adjacent premises and not to stop and chat!).  You can also pick up children and disabled people, again within reason - a few minutes - entirely exempt!