Another Yellow Line Query

[Alice Cupra]

sorry, guys, another yellow line query (have tried seaching but can't find the answer to this specific one......)

It has been said before (by DVD) that :

"The yellow line is indicated at Image 126 of 337 Diagram 1018 [of TSRGD 2002] and has to comply with that shown including the T bar.......
....Also not necessary where a line meets a pedestrian crossing or a parking bay."

It now seems that someone in Kirklees council has had nightmares about this and sent out the local line painting crew to make sure that all the yellow lines in the district have the T-bars on them.

However, as well as making sure they are painted at the start and end of the lines, they have also now seen fit to put T-bars where the lines meet a pedestrian crossing.

As DVD said "not necessary where a line meets a pedestrian crossing or a parking bay...."

Are they just "not necessary" (i.e. they can have them if someone can be bothered to paint them in), or does their presence now make the line unenforcable??

[alice Cupra]

Thanks 7db.

Looks like they may have got caught out by some unenforcable lines in the past, and were spending up their highways budget before the tax-year-end...........

[alice Cupra]

7db said:

Good question, DVD. It could be that the zigzags (etc) are sufficient in the bench's mind to denote a continuation of the restriction.

These are on pelican-type crossings, rather than zebras, so there aren't actually any zig-zags on the approaches.

The lines have been T-barred as they meet the "studded" controlled-area of the crossing, (I say "studded" as they are painted "studs" rather than the metal ones) where you would expect the lines to go "under" the crossing markings.