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Author:  paulzolo [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Advice to Foreign Motorists
Heathrow Car Rental's advice to foreign motorists is a little, err, odd.

http://www.heathrow-car-rental.co.uk/in ... he-uk.html
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:19 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
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you will need some pound coins to throw at the machines, or at the attendents if they are there.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:34 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
driving in the UK seems incredibly codified compared to France.
the only thing that I find weird is the colour coding of parking on road (1 white line, 1 yellow line, 2 yellow lines :( )
Author:  EddArmitage [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:45 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
TheFrenchun wrote:
driving in the UK seems incredibly codified compared to France.
the only thing that I find weird is the colour coding of parking on road (1 white line, 1 yellow line, 2 yellow lines :( )

A yellow line of any kind is a parking restriction, otherwise it's just marking the boundary of the road.
Author:  TheFrenchun [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:50 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
EddArmitage wrote:
TheFrenchun wrote:
driving in the UK seems incredibly codified compared to France.
the only thing that I find weird is the colour coding of parking on road (1 white line, 1 yellow line, 2 yellow lines :( )

A yellow line of any kind is a parking restriction, otherwise it's just marking the boundary of the road.

There's red lines too isn't there?
Author:  saspro [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
TheFrenchun wrote:
EddArmitage wrote:
TheFrenchun wrote:
driving in the UK seems incredibly codified compared to France.
the only thing that I find weird is the colour coding of parking on road (1 white line, 1 yellow line, 2 yellow lines :( )

A yellow line of any kind is a parking restriction, otherwise it's just marking the boundary of the road.

There's red lines too isn't there?


No parking at any time ever
Author:  brataccas [ Tue Jul 29, 2014 5:28 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
website is down

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Website is Down!!
We apologise to all our customers but this website is currently down due we believe to a large amount of traffic received from a campaign by Twitter® users.

We are hoping to restore normal service as soon as possible.

We apologise also to all those cyclists and other website visitors who took offence at some light-hearted comments that were on this website about cyclists. All these offending remarks have been removed.


god I hate people who take offence at things :evil:
Author:  belchingmatt [ Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:39 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
saspro wrote:
No parking at any time ever


I'm probably wrong but I thought double red was no stoppping ever and double yellow no parking ever. I've not really driven in the UK in the last decade though, and am used to the antipodean way of doing things.

The last parking ticket I got in Auckland was a fine for about six pounds, so I only really look out for towing warnings now. :D
Author:  saspro [ Thu Jul 31, 2014 8:46 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
belchingmatt wrote:
saspro wrote:
No parking at any time ever


I'm probably wrong but I thought double red was no stoppping ever and double yellow no parking ever. I've not really driven in the UK in the last decade though, and am used to the antipodean way of doing things.


You're probably right thinking about it
Author:  finlay666 [ Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Advice to Foreign Motorists
saspro wrote:
belchingmatt wrote:
saspro wrote:
No parking at any time ever


I'm probably wrong but I thought double red was no stoppping ever and double yellow no parking ever. I've not really driven in the UK in the last decade though, and am used to the antipodean way of doing things.


You're probably right thinking about it

AFAIK double reds are the same as double yellows apart from they also apply to blue-badge motorists (who IIRC can park on double yellows currently)
http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/blue-badge-s ... ge-holders
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badge holders may usually park on single or double yellow lines for up to three hours except where there is a ban on loading or unloading and at a few locations where local schemes apply
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