Drivers have been warned to be more considerate after a car parked on double yellow lines obstructed a street.
As this picture taken in a narrow cul-de-sac off Chanterlands Avenue in Hull highlights, the car was parked on double yellow lines at the same time as another vehicle was parked opposite in a legal space, Hull Live reports.
A person living there said: "Cars parking on double yellows is a constant problem in Tennyson because there is a post office on the corner, but I've never seen anything as bad as this. I couldn't actually get down the street and delivery drivers had to stop at the junction and walk down."
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The Highway Code stresses that double yellow lines indicate a prohibition of waiting at any time.
According to the AA, a few exceptions to the rule are usually permitted, notably for brief loading and unloading, or for people with a blue badge, who can usually park there for up to three hours.
The resident added: "In this picture there are actually two more cars parking on double yellows behind the car blocking the road. It might seem petty to complain about it, but often there are more cars parked on double yellows in Chanterlands Avenue on either side of our junction, which makes pulling out into the main road quite dangerous."
They described some people as "just being lazy" adding that if there was a bit more enforcement, then people would soon stop doing it, however, they couldn't remember seeing a warden in the area
In Ireland, traffic wardens and an Garda Síochána are responsible for enforcing laws relating to illegal parking and the stopping of vehicles on public roads. Local authorities employ traffic wardens to monitor instances of these offences in their areas.
You can be issued with fixed-charge fines, ranging from €40 to €200 for these offences. If you have been given a parking ticket or notified by a traffic warden of an offence, you have 28 days commencing on the beginning of the date of the notice to pay the fine.
If it is not paid within 28 days, the fine is increased by 50% and if it is still unpaid after a further 28 days then court proceedings are initiated. It is an offence to remove or interfere with a parking ticket that has been placed on the vehicle of another person. If you do so, you could be liable to a fine.
A spokesperson for Hull City Council stated that traffic enforcement officers walk around the city every day to try to disruptive parking. They said: "As a council we do everything we can to prevent this with our dedicated team of civil enforcement officers patrolling the city daily.
"If members of the public are concerned about a specific location they should contact our customer service team. We urge drivers to act responsibly when parking."
