Leeding the lines

In the UK city of Leeds, road workers painted double yellow lines indicating that the section of road was a no parking zone around a parked vehicle. The owner of the vehicle returned to find the lines painted around his car and assumed at first that this was a practical joke. The local highway authority is now informing contractors to use some common sense in future.
July 17, 2012 Read time: 1 min
In the UK city of Leeds, road workers painted double yellow lines indicating that the section of road was a no parking zone around a parked vehicle. The owner of the vehicle returned to find the lines painted around his car and assumed at first that this was a practical joke. The local highway authority is now informing contractors to use some common sense in future.

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