Yellow Line ?

katex

katex

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I have occasion at least twice a week to turn into Rhyddings Street at its junction with Union Road ... turning left. Always difficult to get up there due to the narrowness of the road caused by parked cars.

Problem is people turn into Rhyddings Street, about 15 metres available to allow traffic coming down. Gets into a stalemate sometimes. Cars waiting for people to get through coming down ... people at the junction wishing to turn right into Union Road, but can't move due to being blocked by cars coming down Union Road wishing to turn right into Rhyddings Street due to cars waiting to go up Rhyddings Street .... :confused::confused::confused: Ok .. you must understand what I am talking about if you live in Ossy.

Tuesday, I turned left to go up Rhyddings Street, to be confronted by white van ... thought he was parked, and edged a little to see what was coming down ... course there was ... then realised white van wasn't parked, just waiting for cars to get through. Got the 'eyes to heaven' and shake of head from more elderley than me white summer ratter hatted gentleman ... he got through ... I just smiled sweetly as he passed.

After all this wittering ... don't wish to deprive any residents of their parking, but is a busy junction and feel some yellow lines should be introduced here on one side of the road.

Just wondered if anyone agrees before I e-mail L.C.C. ?
 
It is bad.

I turn up Lord Steet, at the side of the Town Hall, and avoid Ryddings Street.

Mind you all the streets around there are bad, especially Catlowhall Street at school drop off time, or if there's something on at St. Paul's, or St. Mary's.
 
garinda said:
It is bad.

I turn up Lord Steet, at the side of the Town Hall, and avoid Ryddings Street.

Mind you all the streets around there are bad, especially Catlowhall Street at school drop off time, or if there's something on at St. Paul's, or St. Mary's.
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Yes, they are Garinda .. but these are minor roads, Union Road is the main through road in Ossy ... preventing the major flow of traffic.
 
katex said:
Yes, they are Garinda .. but these are minor roads, Union Road is the main through road in Ossy ... preventing the major flow of traffic.
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I'm lost then.

Where would you like the yellow lines?

They are already on the eastern side of Union Rd, and continue up the bottom of Rhyddings St.
 
garinda said:
I'm lost then.

Where would you like the yellow lines?

They are already on the eastern side of Union Rd, and continue up the bottom of Rhyddings St.
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Meant a yellow line on Rhyddings Street to allow enough width for two way traffic, and not holding up traffic in Union Road, because they can't get past cars wishing to turn left or right into Rhyddings Street. Shucks, will try and do a diagram of some sort.
 
I know what you are trying to say Kate and think it is a problem that is common throughout the borough. Is there not a rule in the Highway Code about parking to close to a junction? If there is a lot of people seem to be ignoring it.
 
the problem is teh traffic laws we already have dont get enforced and those that do only get enforced up until 5pm when its going home time for teh traffic wardens

if a cars obstructing a junction it should be towed away, no warning no second chances just drag the thing to teh impound and wait for teh owner to call and collect it after a large fine

maybe a tow truck patroling teh streets picking up cars parked illigaly woudl be a good job

i would love to drag cars away all day long
 
not sure if it's revelant here , but its the rule in my area that NO Parking is allowed for the width of the sidewalk/pavement at road and street junctions , i.e. if the pavement of the street perpendicular to where you are parking is 6' wide the front of your car must be at least 6' back from the pavement corner . More of an aid to pedestrians who want to cross the street than motorists but it does help with visibility .
Its also the Law that when you park you must be facing the direction of traffic flow (no parking on the opposite/wrong side of the street .
 
accyman said:
the problem is teh traffic laws we already have dont get enforced and those that do only get enforced up until 5pm when its going home time for teh traffic wardens

if a cars obstructing a junction it should be towed away, no warning no second chances just drag the thing to teh impound and wait for teh owner to call and collect it after a large fine

maybe a tow truck patroling teh streets picking up cars parked illigaly woudl be a good job

i would love to drag cars away all day long
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It seems the laws we already have only appear to be enforced in the town centre. The traffic wardens can be seen taking pics on their fancy cameras if someone is overparked by a matter of minutes. Shame they can't move their butts out of the town centre and enforce parking laws elsewhere. We all know illegal parking goes on but seems there is no deterrent:(
 
You think you've got it bad? There are always cars parked on Glebe St in Great Harwood causing the exact same stalemate. The centre of the town becomes gridlocked because of a combination of people ignoring the double yellow lines there, and a badly situated pedestrian crossing. the traffic wardens won't do anything about it even before 5pm

accyman said:
...if a cars obstructing...
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Just a slight tangent: What exactly is an obstuction? I only ask because it took me 20min yesterday to drive a mile between Portfield Bar and Simonstone. Turns out the delay was due to a three "vehicle" gypsy caravan. So does something still moving, albeit at less than walking pace, constitute an obstruction if it's causing a tailback?
 
Well its 13 years since I drove car, but if I remember rightly its an offence to park within 15 years of a road junction, the reason I know was that I got my one and only parking ticket for parking overnight within 15 yards of a road junction, that was in Carlisle back in 1975 the parking fine was a massive £2 in those days:D
 
garinda said:
I'm lost then.

Where would you like the yellow lines?

They are already on the eastern side of Union Rd, and continue up the bottom of Rhyddings St.
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It's actually a white line on the corner Garinda.

BERNADETTE said:
I know what you are trying to say Kate and think it is a problem that is common throughout the borough. Is there not a rule in the Highway Code about parking to close to a junction? If there is a lot of people seem to be ignoring it.
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They are not commiting any offence Bernie ... the cars are usually parked after the white line .... just think it could be extended to allow more cars to fit on to Rhyddings Street whilst waiting to get through due to oncoming traffic.
 
BERNADETTE said:
It seems the laws we already have only appear to be enforced in the town centre.
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never seems to be a traffic warden around when people park on teh roundabout next to teh yorkshire bank

i was down tehre the other day and some moron was parked up on teh roundabout making it very difficult for cars to get around teh roundabout

one good blast on teh horn and a few choice words which would get starred out here seemed to budge his lazy fat arse along

shoudl start prosecuting from video evience as well and make use of the cameras that are watching us so closely in town center :rolleyes:
 
katex said:
.. just think it could be extended to allow more cars to fit on to Rhyddings Street whilst waiting to get through due to oncoming traffic.
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Parking is a problem around here. You were lucky, there is usually an idiot or 2 parked on the lines at the bottom as well.

If the did line one side of the road where would the cars park? It is a problem all around here.

If those driving are sensible and considerate ( and stay out of my way ) then there is usually not a problem.
 
There is a simple solution to this problem. Instead of you lot continually moaning about the traffic problem, why don't you just walk? It will do you all good while at the same time saving the local ratepayers £££'s in having to paint yellow lines all over the place.
 
I seem to remember that it is illegal to park within 15 yards of a bend, this is to allow lgv's room to get around a corner, it also used to be an offence to park opposite another vehicle (double parking), the volume of traffic, apathy from wardens and the police has allowed the rules to be broken, 2 weeks of towing illegally parked vehicles would have a miraculous effect, but bet your life there would be hundreds of complaints from 'unfairly treated' drivers! :rolleyes:
 
Neil said:
Parking is a problem around here. You were lucky, there is usually an idiot or 2 parked on the lines at the bottom as well.

If the did line one side of the road where would the cars park? It is a problem all around here.

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That's always the outcry Neil ... where shall I park ? Well, have no dedicated right, as you know, to park outside your house.

Was thinking on the South side ... just works there, and sometimes the council will come to some deal re. loading bays, etc.

Problem is, these things are not addressed until there has been some incidents, and don't know if anything serious has happened as yet ... except maybe a few cars getting scraped.
 
Some yellow lines half way up on the right where the big wall is would help. It would allow cars to pass each other.

The main problem is the lines at the bottom are parked on by some idiots. That is what causes the problem. You can't turn into the bottom of the street because someone is parked on the line.
 
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