White zig zag line on the road and over speed hump

Asad786787

Hi,

Is it illegal to park on highlighted lines on speed hump if it is near school and there are no signs of No parking or any restriction signage?

Regards

turnitround

Yes, parking/stopping is not allowed at all on zig zag lines.

Car_54

I'm pretty sure it's not a zig-zag, just a badly painted straight line. Edge-of-carriageway marking.

user1977

Car_54 said:

I'm pretty sure it's not a zig-zag, just a badly painted straight line. Edge-of-carriageway marking.

Yes, it looks like the line has just been diverted so it isn't on the side of the hump. In which case I don't think there's anything inherently unlawful about parking there.

Some more context might help though.

Asad786787

Hi,

Thank you for your comments. I am adding another picture. In my area, each speed hump has it. The attached particular one is near school and one of the house owners just fights with everyone that you cannot park here but my knowledge is it is not prohibited to park there and there are no restriction signage. I couldn't find anything in highway code about this but I may be wrong 

Regards

daveyjp

The white line is to indicate presence of a speed cushion and influence drivers to move over, it does not introduce parking restrictions.

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Asad786787 said:

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one of the house owners just fights with everyone that you cannot park here

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Don't park there then, unless you enjoy arguments that can rapidly escalate out of all proportion.

Parking is a very emotive subject, and leaving your valuable car unattended outside the house of someone who doesn't want it there, who could possibly be unhinged is foolish at best.

Asad786787

Thanks everybody. I contacted the traffic department in my council and they confirmed it is allowed to park and to just make sure not to obstruct anyone's driveway but otherwise totally allowed to park there

Asad786787

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Asad786787 said:

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one of the house owners just fights with everyone that you cannot park here

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Don't park there then, unless you enjoy arguments that can rapidly escalate out of all proportion.

Parking is a very emotive subject, and leaving your valuable car unattended outside the house of someone who doesn't want it there, who could possibly be unhinged is foolish at best.

Hi,

Parents just park there for hardly 5 minutes to pick up children as there is limited parking when school is over. In my case, I sit in car while my mother goes to pickup my son and process again completes in 5 minutes but I don't know what is his issue when nobody parks there for any longer duration

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Asad786787 said:

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Asad786787 said:

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one of the house owners just fights with everyone that you cannot park here

<snip>

Don't park there then, unless you enjoy arguments that can rapidly escalate out of all proportion.

Parking is a very emotive subject, and leaving your valuable car unattended outside the house of someone who doesn't want it there, who could possibly be unhinged is foolish at best.

Hi,

Parents just park there for hardly 5 minutes to pick up children as there is limited parking when school is over. In my case, I sit in car while my mother goes to pickup my son and process again completes in 5 minutes but I don't know what is his issue when nobody parks there for any longer duration

I told you, some people are unhinged

I unfortunately live in a street with a school at the end of it. Parents start arriving to block the road well over half an hour before kicking out time, and sit there in their SUVs with 2 wheels on the pavement illegally running the engine, belching out carcinogenic diesel fumes. I have no idea why they have to arrive so early, except there is a competition to get as close to the gates as possible and they keep arriving earlier to get the "best" spots.

The street is a no-go zone for around 45 minutes each afternoon.

Not a problem if I don't need to leave or return to the house during those 45 minutes, and I keep the windows shut.  I just have to make sure that I don't start a fire, or have an accident or a heart attack between 2:30 and 3:15 as no Emergency Service vehicles could get near my house.

Complaints to "The Council" resulted in double yellow lines around the corners, which doesn't help much except to improve sight lines, as the street is gridlocked for 10-15 minutes after going home time.

Never buy a house near a school.

Things didn't used to be as bad as this, I blame working from home, I suspect they are working from their cars for that half an hour wait.