Meanings
plural single yellow lines
- UKA single yellow line painted at the side of a road to show that parking is permitted only at specified times.
She hugged the single yellow line, but she drove fast.
1989, Melvin Dixon, Trouble the Water3 more examples
He knew it would be risky parking on a double yellow line, or even a single yellow line, at this hour, but in a side street off the back of Kensington Church Street he found areas demarcated on the roadway with white lines.
1999, Ruth Rendell, A Sight for Sore EyesAt half past eleven, Roy Grace parked his Alfa Romeo on a single yellow line outside the unlit shop window of a dealer specializing in retro twentieth-century furniture.
2006, Peter James, Looking Good DeadThe postman in question was parked on a single yellow line with parking-time restrictions.
2007, Barrie Segal, The Parking Ticket Awards: Crazy Councils, Meter Madness and Traffic Warden Hell
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