THINK BEFORE YOU PARK

Cary Lane was very congested about 5pm yesterday, due to a number of people deciding to park their cars, seemingly to collect, or drop off, friends and relatives making coach journeys.
When we say 'parked' we should really use the phrase 'double-parked'. For that was what many of them were doing, near the railings at the back of Tesco. And that's a place no-one really ought to be parking at all.
The motorists concerned were making it difficult for vehicles trying to use the turning circle at the end of Cary Lane, and adding to the time it took for cars and buses to get through the traffic lights onto the A18.
Maybe someone should have rung the police's non-emergency number and suggested the call-handler alerted Insp Rutty and his team at Brigg 'Nick' - just a few yards away from the problem. For a quick visit from a Pc, PCSO or traffic warden would have done the trick.
Perhaps this incident relates to the re-imposing of car parking charges in Old Courts Road - motorists being unwilling to pay and display for what amounted to a quite short period, late on a Friday afternoon. Or maybe they were just too lazy to walk the very short distance from municipal car park to bus stop.
Hopefully this incident was very much a one-off. For Cary Lane can get busy and, in road safety terms, it's not the best street in Brigg.
There are many pedestrians about trying to cross over, parked-up buses and delivery lorries to negotiate, the mini roundabout, and vehicles emerging from the pedestrian area, where most of them have no legal right to be.
Couple all that with double-parking of cars mentioned earlier and it's not a safe mix at all. Certainly not if you are on foot.