Previously on Brigg Blog we mentioned cars parked (quite legally) outside Sir John Nelthorpe Lower School (the former High School), holding up traffic on one lane of a main road.
Today we observed a car not far from the cemetery - same end result. We were going to say it was "parked" but someone was in the driver's seat. So maybe "stopped" would be a more appropriate term.
We've got to concede that you don't see all that many vehicles parked up along Wrawby Road, which is probably why the council has never bothered with double-yellow lines.
"Policing" no parking restrictions along this lengthy stretch of road would also be difficult.
On most days, traffic enforcement officers could walk the entire length from The Monument to Churchill Avenue without spotting any parked cars.
But does that make it right?
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You've probably answered your own question, Scribs...'you don't see all that many vehicles parked.'
ReplyDeleteThere has to be a balance between a pressing need and commonsense.
Sticking yellow lines along Wrawby Road could create more problems than it solves.
For example, delivery vehicles would have greater difficulties - how does one move house?
Additionally, high legal, signage and manpower costs would be incurred for a restrictive on-street parking system that really isn't essential.
It could be argued that putting yellow lines outside SJN's Lower School would stop the mass parking at school time - But where would the displaced divers go to?
They could use the parking facilities in the Rec, but then one creates another problem of a dynamic mix of vehicles moving in and out of the Rec's access road and school-children attempting to cross, or walk along the road to reach their designated transport home. A hazard waiting to cause a disaster!