Double yellow lines…parking 'beyond' them??

Let me explain, at my local beach there is a single track road with a double yellow line on one side. On that side of the road there is then a large, flat grass area that can take about 3 cars.
I’ve just got a ticket for parking on the grass, with no part of my vehicle touching the road. Is that ok? I always thought that you had to be on the road (ie the tarmac).

I and many other people have parked there many times before and I’ve never seen or heard of a ticket being issued there, so I’m abit peeved, but I’ll take the fine if my hunch is incorrect… 🙁

What does it say on the ticket and have you photographic proof of where the car was parked?

I don’t think the ticket is legal, but you shouldn’t be driving on land that isn’t the public highway in order to park there. So – a different offence 🙂

On a related note…

I sometimes park on a residential road with parking restrictions from 10.00-11.00 (so as to deter office workers from leaving their cars there).

Part of the road was recently resurfaced, one consequenceof that is that there is now a space approximately 2 cars in length where there is no single yellow line on the road whatsoever. Technically, is there now a 24/7 parking free-for-all in said space?

It’s not legal to give you a ticket! I don’t believe the warden has any authority beyond the highway. I had this once and went back, re-parked and took photos. I defended myself in court and won! but that was back in 1998 and things might have changed, but I doubt it.

Technically, is there now a 24/7 parking free-for-all in said space?

Yes – well at least I think you would be successful in any challenge to a ticket issued.

Just appeal. Explain why.

right, best pop back down there onight with my camera!

Don’t forget to set the time of your camera back a few days!

I’d check the legality on a legal website, but I got fined (and unsuccessfully appealed) on a similar basis – parked on land (2/3 my driveway, 1/3 pavement) beyond the actual yellow lines/highway. Apparently the yellow lines also apply to the pavement beyond them.

Double yellow lines apply to the boundry, eg a fence or hedge from the yellow lines.

Traffic enforcement officer now ge tissued with cameras, to prove the offence, and take a picture of the tax disc to ensure the car is legally allowed on the road.

Double yellow lines apply to the boundry, eg a fence or hedge from the yellow lines.

Yep, that was my understanding afterwards. I was actually parked across the front of my garage (there was another car in there at the time).

I think they have a right to ticket you for parking beyond lines like that, however head over HERE[/url] into the council parking tickets section. They are really good at picking these things apart, there may be some mistakes on the ticket they will pick up on

I assume its a council ticket? if its a private parking company just ignore it

Yellow line restrictions
Yellow line restrictions apply to the back of the highway boundary including footways and verges unless a parking area has been designated off the carriageway.

Where parking on the pavement (footway) coincides with a yellow line restriction then a penalty charge notice can be issued by a CEO.

Occasionally more than one contravention is committed simultaneously.

i’d say the ticket was legal as I’ve always understoon the yellow lines do apply to pavements and verges as above ^.

oh. bum. ah well, it’s worth a go…

‘s a bit crap that it’s not backed up with a sign, TBH.

Its the law, and ignorance of the law is not seen as an excuse for not obeying the law.

If you think this is harsh I got towed off the driveway in front of my detached garage once.

Lets see if this works: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=kingsdown+bristol&ll=51.460925,-2.599922&spn=0,0.00066&gl=uk&t=h&z=21&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=51.460925,-2.599922&panoid=uzLdyemj1kedoP8dmcbAbg&cbp=12,186.78,,0,20.28

I had lived their for 1.5 years (at Uni) and many a time had been parking there when traffic wardens parked opposite to check cars in the 1hr bay. One day they sent 3 tow trucks and took away my car and 4 others belonging to elderly neighbours who had all been parking their short cars (Micras, Fiats etc)there for years. A friend watched out of the vet school window and saw an old lady standing in the road trying to stop the tow truck.

£180 each to get our cars back + a taxi ride for the elderly people.

Would have been nice for the council to have posted notices saying that parking was not allowed and giving us X days to move them. Wish I had fought it to be honest but they charged about £20 a day for storage and if you try and fight it afterwards they scare you with the threat of court costs etc. Hell, even a ticket would have been nicer than being towed.

PS I knew about the double yellow lines and pavement law but when we checked the land registry maps they had the spaces in front of the garages down as parking.