I learnt this today, & thought it best to share it with all to help you avoid getting a parking ticket or your car towed as was experienced by my friend today:
“Single yellows indicate a restriction that applies for any period less than 24 hours. A time plate is needed to show the times of control unless the restriction is in a CPZ and the hours of operation coincide with the CPZ operating times.”
-Taken from Tower Hamlet’s Parking Policy.
For instance, the road near me has resident parking Monday – Friday 8:30am – 5:30pm. Whilst this is very clearly marked on the side of the road with the restriction the other side has no signage at all, just a single yellow line.
Be aware of the above and hopefully we can stop this ridiculous psuedo tax on parking in London!
Share this with everyone you know please.
Genuine question, but how did you only just learn this? It’s part of your driving theory and driving test. It’s not a psuedo tax.
Hi Andy,
This didn’t come up on either my theory or practical test.
I can appreciate as part of being a road user I should be familiar with the Highway Code. However looking through the highway code http://www.highwaycodeuk.co.uk/ yesterday, I could find nothing so explicit as the parking policy of the borough.
I can’t believe that a road user should be expected to learn the parking policy of every borough they wish to park in ahead of schedule.