The local authority authorises yellow line road marking where there is a need to restrict parking to allow traffic to flow smoothly and to prevent obstructions on the highway.
There are only two types used:
- double lines usually to mark lengths of road where there is no waiting at any time. However there are exceptions to this and supplementary plates fixed to lighting columns or posts will tell you what the actual restriction is.
- single lines usually indicate a shorter period of restriction such as daytime. Again supplementary plates will show the actual times. Loading restrictions are shown by yellow markings on the kerb and on the supplementary plates. A single thick line with an accompanying plate is used to indicate a bus stop clearway where parking is prohibited at all times.
The Highway Code gives 
examples of the lines in normal use.
White lines on the road are provided to help road users by giving different types of information on lane use and directions.
Road markings are as important as signs. Longitudinal markings inform and warn road users of approaching situations that will require them to take some form of action (ie. solid white line - do not cross, or lane line - turn right).
Transverse lines also give instruction (ie. stop or give way). The Highway Code
gives examples of the lines in normal use and their associated rules.
All lines on the highway must be authorised by the authority. Special lines are allowed with prior approval of the Department for Transport, or if they are experimental and under trial.
If you wish to report existing yellow lines which need repainting,
please 
contact Streetpride.
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