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Double Yellow Lines
We’ve got a problem….
Actually, it’s not just us sign makers, it’s the same for a whole host of tradespeople / businesses / deliverymen…..It is the proliferation of double yellow lines in our high streets. 15 years ago double yellow lines were only put down for safety reasons. But nowadays, they are everywhere.
Our esteemed councils (in their rabid determination to impose their social engineering ideals upon the general population) have ensured that nowadays it is becoming impossible to stop outside any high street shop.
Double yellow lines mean there is "no stopping at any time" so how can a delivery man or trades man (shopfitter, sign maker, glazier, electrician etc.) be expected to carry out his or her job?
More and more I am coming across instances where I can no longer "off load" and gain access to a high street shop to carry out my work.
It must be even worse for delivery companies!
I am reaching the point now whereby I am no longer interested in quoting for any work for shops that have double yellow lines outside (The fine and points on my license for parking means it is commercially no longer viable to bother).
Only last week one of my delivery drivers told me he had been booked for parking on a double yellow line when trying to deliver to a customer.
There are spaces set aside for disabled parking, so why not trades men or delivery men?
What do you do when faced with this problem?
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We have a good repeat customer situated on George Square in Glasgow.
the amount we need to bill them for "parking metre charges" is crazy…
even going to survey for them, installs, deliveries etc we need to charge for parking.
we took this up with them early on because it was either them or us that swallowed the fee’s. they told us not to worry at all and they will pay. they went onto saying every company they deal with does the same. this is a huge company so fine, maybe they can afford it, but and i can only imagine what they pay out each month for parking fees for companies they deal with.anyway, i agree phill, its getting well out of hand…
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Phill,
There are spaces set aside for deliveries etc, certainly down here, known as ‘loading bays only’, you get about 15 mins to do whatever you need to do, since they’ve put 6′ barriers on the car parks I now use them for delivering to the post office…. Assuming the loafing bays are not full of disabled vehicles who couldn’t be bothered to find a yellow line to park on or a drive way to block.
It’s got up the point – tween taxis taking up aprox 40% of out high st parking and disabled reg’d cars dumped all over the place that I’ve written three times to the local highways dept, not even a snotty reply from them .. Tw ats.
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Count yourselves lucky – very lucky.
The ‘Blue Meanies’ rent the offices above our workshop in the city centre.
We get on well with some of them – but others are just ticket nazis and won’t acknowledge your presence unless you are committing some parking violation…normally when the ass of our van is hanging out of the small car park onto the pavement.
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Have to agree – town centre work is a nightmare.
I know plenty of trades near me that just won’t work if they can’t park.And they wonder why the small high street shop is dying.
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Just get a blue badge Phill, then you can just dump your car where ever you like and bug the hell out of people like Hugh.
Like to add a bit more but i’ve got to go out and find a driveway to block. -
I was a personal courier for a few years amongst other things I do… I had a few run inns with our Council Ticketers… basically I was told by the Police that we we have 15 minutes to load / offload etc. before having to move on.. But our esteemed robbers say that the Council rules are 5 minutes maximum without movement and a ticket is issued.. I still had a few near misses with them..
I reckon seek advice from the council..
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