Double yellow lines question

BOWFER

Hopefully this photo works, just wondering if there is any 'grace' for how much of a car is parked on double yellow lines?
Can't see anything online that suggests there is, but want to make sure.
This car is causing us issues leaving our office and guaranteed it's some offshore worker parking here for two weeks for free, they are terrible for that around here.
If he shouldn't be on the yellows at all, then he's getting grassed up.

Car_54

No, there is no 'grace'. But no doubt he would claim the lines weren't visible.

BOWFER

Car_54 said:

No, there is no 'grace'. But no doubt he would claim the lines weren't visible.

Can't see any weight to that argument, they're not the best but they're not invisible either.
And, even if there weren't lines there, you can see he's overhanging the entrance/exit to our office and it's !!!!!! behaviour.
It's been there for days, guaranteed it was some offshore worker late for his flight and desperate to leave his car somewhere free for two weeks (maybe the puncture made him late!) 
He knew what he was doing, he's about 1cm from the car behind him - which is an admission he knew he was pushing it.

Grumpy_chap

As @Car_54 said, likely he'll claim the lines were not clear.
There is no "grace" but most Enforcement Officers I know work to the guidance that it is the wheels that must be outside the lines, simple short bumper over-hang permitted.

DB1904

BOWFER said:

Hopefully this photo works, just wondering if there is any 'grace' for how much of a car is parked on double yellow lines?
Can't see anything online that suggests there is, but want to make sure.
This car is causing us issues leaving our office and guaranteed it's some offshore worker parking here for two weeks for free, they are terrible for that around here.
If he shouldn't be on the yellows at all, then he's getting grassed up.

It used to be the case that those lines weren't enforceable, they're broken and they don't terminate at the end. I think this was tested in court and the ruling was something like if the lines were visible though not fully compliant they are enforceable. Those lines look like they were abandoned a long time ago. What does the sign say about the restriction on parking?

Herzlos

No part of a car can be on the line, even an overhang, with no grace distance at all.

Those lines are in a pretty awful state so a good lawyer could get them off with it.

I'm not sure how enforceable the "don't park within 10m of a junction" part of the highway code is, though, because they'd fall foul of that anyway.

If it's causing you a nuisance then report it anyway

peter_the_piper

Maybe a GSV of the place would help. If more lines were visible then he could be done, if there are no more visible then he might get away with it.

Retrogamer

Perhaps worth contacting the police to report it as an obstruction.

sheramber

When my town recently decided to enforce yellow line restrictions the council spent months going round  painting those who were not complete and ensuring the end marking were put in- most didn't have them.

BOWFER

I reported the car, it's now gone.
Could be coincidence, but I doubt it.
The street outside our office is one of very few that still has large sections without yellow lines, so the offshore guys dump their cars for weeks on end.
There's some very nice cars being left for weeks, in an industrial estate, I couldn't do it myself!
One of the roads near us is access to a very large haulage company and the guys used to park there too, meaning the artics had real problems.
There was a spate of cars being vandalised - make of that what you will.
It's now double yellow too.

oh_really

Altens by any chance?