http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: double yellow lines - Recent Topics en Thu, 21 May 2026 10:30:10 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=3135#post-33194 Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:05:43 +0000 cc 33194@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>As I cycle through Marchmont to or from work, following roughly<br /> <a href="http://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/812823">this route</a>, I can't help noticing that there are usually several cars in Hatton Place parked on double yellow lines. What's more, when I cycle back a few hours later the same cars are often still there.</p> <p>They never seem to have parking penalty notices on them.</p> <p>What they always <em>do</em> seem to have, though, is a large yellow and white <em>Essential User Parking Permit</em> displayed on the dashboard.</p> <p>I'm all for nurses parking in residents' permit spaces if that's what they need to do, but it seems doubtful that these permits were intended to entitle the users to park on double yellow lines for hours. </p> <p>What particularly worries me is that the double yellow lines are generally at junctions, and are there for a good reason - to clear the sight lines so that road users can actually see what's happening at the junction before they get there. Letting these be blocked, as the parking wardens seem to be doing, seems to me to be dangerous.</p> <p>Is there anywhere else where these Essential User permits seem to let people park cars on double yellow lines, or is it just Hatton Place...? </p>