Double yellow line brilliance

[Grumpmeister]

If Nick wasnt ill at the moment I'd be asking if he was contracting for the council.

Council contractors have been branded "ridiculous" after painting double yellow lines around a parked car.

The workmen made the decision during resurfacing and road lining work in Hyde Terrace in the Clarendon area of Leeds last weekend.

The car has been removed, leaving the yellow lines bulging out from the kerb.

Leeds City Council said: "The painting of these yellow lines around the parked car is clearly ridiculous." It said the offending lines would be removed.

Local resident Richard Jones told BBC News: "Quite a few people have stopped and laughed but it does not reflect well on the council.

"I think it's very ridiculous. Somebody is obviously making a point, but what were they thinking?

"I'm not a traffic expert but I would have stopped the yellow lines at one end of the car and started them again at the other end and then joined them together once the car had been removed."

A council spokeswoman added: "We will speak to the contractors to remind them to use common sense when painting temporary road markings in the future.

"The lines have been put down whilst Hyde Terrace is being refurbished to prevent parking issues.

"The correct road markings will be reinstated on completion of the work."

[Nick]

Seomone should get down there and park in the hole, like.

[Miss Demeanour]

maybe the pavement is pregnant ???

[Barman]

I remember many, many years ago somebody suggesting that instead of painting yellow lines all over the place were you can't park and spoiling rural villages, etc...

...why not paint them where you can park? The offending yellow paint is then obscured by parked cars...

[Darwins Selection]

maybe the pavement is pregnant ???

Could well be.

Most of them have been laid by hundreds of council workmen over the years.

Some of them will even lead a man into a dark alley without a thought for safety.

[Just One More]

Bloody amateurs. Any lining crew worth their salt know that you go over it, not around it, it uses far less paint