The UK has a few road markings that might cause a bit of confusion among motorists, but one driver has found a seemingly unique situation which has caused a bit of bafflement. In a post on the r/drivingUK Reddit page, a user posted a couple of images with the caption: "Parking bay in double yellow lines?" The image showed a street with double yellow line markings on the side of a road which were seemingly painted inside the border of parking bay markings. The double yellow lines stopped before a dropped kerb which a car was parked in front of, which the user clarified wasn't their vehicle.
The post can be found on the r/drivingUK Reddit page here. Double yellow lines inside parking bay causes confusion There was a bit of debate about what had happened here, with it even being suggested that the marking was part of a centre line down the narrow street. However, in the end, a few came to the conclusion that the lines for a parking bay had been painted over previously but had started to wear off.
One person wrote: "It looks like the white lines have previously been blacked out, but the coating has started to come off. "The yellow lines are much fresher and there's a dropped kerb, so those logically take precedence." Another shared similar sentiments, writing: "Old road markings are seldom removed if they are very worn and the yellow lines are clearly newer and fresher.
Sometimes old markings will be blacked out if they are very prominent." Meanwhile, another posted: "Is there a .
