Reading the Kerb: What British Yellow Lines Mean — Epoche A2
Before you leave your car at the kerb in Britain, read the paint on the road. The lines are the rules, and there are four kinds you must be able to tell apart. Double yellow lines. No waiting at any time — not at night, not on a Sunday. You may stop only to let a passenger get out or in. A single yellow line. Waiting is banned at certain hours only. Those hours are printed on a small sign on a nearby post. If you cannot find the sign, do not park. Yellow zigzags outside a school. Never stop here, not even for a moment, not even with the engine running and a person in the car. Children cross where the road must stay clear. Red lines. These mark busy main roads called red routes. Here you may not even stop, and a double red line means at any time. One rule sits above all four: the sign beats your guess. The paint tells you a rule exists; the sign tells you the hours and who is allowed. An empty space and no meter is not permission. In Britain the kerb has already been spoken for, and you are only reading what it says.