26.4.14 Double Yellow Lines

Double Yellow Lines (DYL)

They mean very little, in most parts of the country.  Unless you're in a city, and/or there are wardens about as part of daily life (making a fortune) then there's little chance of anything being done about drivers who simply decide they can, and will, stop to shop.

Co-operative stores seem to be a magnet for those in desperate need of a short stay on DYL without any fear of receiving a fine.  I suppose one could argue that they are imposing a fine upon themselves via the exorbitant prices charged by the Co-operative ["Not that good with food"] stores, but that's another subject altogether.  Sadly, Co-ops often have cash point machines alongside (or inside) and this is an added attraction to the parking hazard creation scheme.

Double (Yellow) Standards

I see in the paper that the police force in Nottinghamshire has had to confirm that advice" has been given to staff who decided to take the piss, as in the above picture.  This is hardly news, though.  In fact, it is the case that in most areas of the country, the police have no interest in or responsibility for parking, and that Councils alone are charged with keeping good order in that regard. Ludicrously, a local council worker in a hi-vis jacket could give a copper a ticket, while a (traffic) copper could only do so if the vehicle could be assessed as 'causing an obstruction'.

Yesterday, at 3.10pm, I had to negotiate traffic which was fucked beyond belief.  An Arriva bus had stopped, and was rather too close to a school bus that had also stopped, coming from the other direction.  There was a road-narrowing bollard/obstacle/path extension to negotiate, along with a pompous self-righteous lollypop woman. All of this was made worse by a cunt of a cop van parked on DYL.  This obstruction was a flagrant bit of cunting selfishness and a display of double standards.  I had only just passed the Co-op as well, where the road-narrowing efforts of three parked cunts had caused a hold-up. It will come as no surprise that the bus stops are positioned right outside the Co-op as well, and this generally fucks up traffic flow.

When the parking rules are not observed by the police, then it is hardly going to help any efforts to stop cunts simply stopping on DYL outside shops and causing cars to wait, and alternate with oncoming vehicles, to get past.  It seems there's no appetite to deal with the issues.  Do 50mph in a 40mph zone, and you'll be fined.  Park outside a school, and occasional purges (unless there is one of those surveillance smart cars about) will target you, and issue fines without any suggestions as to how the cunting fuck 500 kids can be collected from the fucking establishment!  However, any cunt can leave a car outside a Co-op and be free to sift through the merchandise, looking for something for tea that won't cause bankruptcy.  Common sense will be lacking, in terms of the pricing policy, by the way.  For example, the "Loved By Us" Lasagne: 800g is £3.00, whereas the more sensibly sized 400g is a rip-off £2.60.  No, I didn't want to buy two of them for £4, because I'd have bought the 800g one and cut it in half!

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