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Edinburgh tourist fumes at parking ticket for 'yellow line' he's sure is white

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AuthorIuliia Vlasova
Published date21 June 2022
Publication titleEdinburghLive (Scotland)
Scott, who wishes to be known by his first name only, came to the capital for a day to visit his family in the Trinity area on Monday, June 6

Parking his car along Inverleith Place at approximately 3pm, the 34-year-old took his dog for a walk in the neighbouring Inverleith Park and returned to the car at around 4.30pm.

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Upon returning to his car, Scott was shocked to find a Penalty Charge Notice stuck under the wiper blade. He said: "Confused, I opened it to find I had allegedly contravened some sort of parking restriction.

"Free parking around that area during the week is tricky to find, but I noticed a short stretch of road between some double yellows and a set of "Pay and Display" bays, which at the time were active, according to the sign.

"Along this stretch were the remains of a very worn-out line. The parts of the line that were still there were white, and I'm sure anyone else who looks at them would agree: not even slightly yellow.

"There was a driveway entrance along that short stretch of road and a wall, so I assumed the white lines were old "access protection" markings - which I should note are entirely advisory and not legally enforceable. Regardless, I decided to park alongside the wall to avoid blocking the resident's driveway."

Confident to have been parked in a "perfectly legal" way, Scott took to the City of Edinburgh Council's portal to open a dispute against the £60 parking fine he got, explaining that there was no marking on the road and no way to tell if the "Pay and Display" rule applied to it.

The council replied stating Scott had parked on a single yellow line. Scott said: "I couldn't believe what I was reading.

"They had sent me pictures taken by a parking...

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