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Can I park here for more than 1 hour on Sunday?

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Can I park here for more than 1 hour on Sunday?

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OldLondon@reddit

Enforcement is in place Monday to Friday between 10 and 12 where you can only park with a permit or paid.  Outside those hours you’re fine.  So Saturday, Sunday all day you’re good.  I suspect this is near a train station to discourage commuters 
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getyergun@reddit (OP)

Thanks for this. These signs can be so confusing to understand!
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PraterViolet@reddit

I always wonder whether they're deliberately confusing or if the people who design them are just idiots.
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KamakaziDemiGod@reddit

Technically it's to monetise on commuters as you can pay to park, if it was a system to discourage commuters it would be permit only, with permits only available to local residents (as in immediately local to the location). It's a typical rapid expansion problem that's being avoided rather than solved, and then it's bastardised for profit. They want us to take trains to travel, but don't want us to travel to the locations where trains are by car, which in the UK is usually in a old and over populated area with limited parking, so they try to make us commute to our commute by bus or bike rather than creating better infrastructure. Then they realise they can make money by charging to park while it still appears as though they are discouraging driving, which discourages the councils and government from investing in better infrastructure
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Big_Yeash@reddit

Re commuters - so the enforcement is active 10-12 noon so that a commuter vehicle parked from 7am-7pm would definitely be caught and ticketed for being dumped?
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OldLondon@reddit

Yes it’s the most awkward time isn’t it so you can’t park all day.
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caffeinated_photo@reddit

Thanks for the explanation on the commuters, I really couldn't work out the logic behind those hours.
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bazzanoid@reddit

We lived on a road which was a 2 minute walk to the station. Had a single yellow line which was parking prohibited between 1pm and 2pm Monday to Friday for exactly this reason. The amusing part was that you could work out the route the traffic wardens would be taking on their patrol as the times on the surrounding streets varied either earlier or later
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AhoyWilliam@reddit

There was a proposal on a street near my childhood home, for there to be single yellows on both sides of the road, and have the restriction apply from 8-12 on one side, and 13-18 on the other side. I think a slightly saner restriction was decided on. Would suck to live somewhere along there without a driveway and do a WFH job.
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Independent_Let_6034@reddit

If you live within a certain area you’re eligible for a permit (I think often at a cost per car) which allows you to keep your car there. You also get a booklet for visitors with various different time frames on them (1 day, 1 week) that allow you to extend this to non-residents. You may actually get this regardless of whether you pay for a parking permit in most cases.
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V65Pilot@reddit

I drove through town, early, on the first day of a fair the other day. I am not exaggerating when I saw a cluster of 15 traffic wardens......I guess they were planning on a busy day.
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Jam-Pot@reddit

A cluster? No no no, we can do better than that. A Binfull? A cunting? A mob?
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V65Pilot@reddit

I like "cunting".
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SpiritedVoice2@reddit

They often just have it set for an hour or so during the day like this, I don't think the exact times make much difference it's just to stop people parking all day.
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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

Theres a fair few roads like this near Brent Cross and you're exactly right - its to stop commuters parkign on residential roads I live in Manchester and if i come to see a show and dont want to stay overnight i park there around 4pm, Tuve into west end, bite to eat, see the show, get on the tube back to Breant Cross (max 20 mins?) and in car and on the M1 in 5 mins home 2 to 2.5 hrs later
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

Please don't drive into London.
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Significant-Gene9639@reddit

Bigger things to stress out about in life than someone driving to the ourskirts of London then public transporting further in Also….none of your business to tell them what to do Life is easier when you realise you can’t control other people
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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

I don’t that’s the point. I used to live in London so fave done in the past but as above I just use this as quickest way home after a show. Tube to Brent Criss then car. Your comment is odd unless I’ve misunderstood
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

It's quite selfish to drive into London.
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hiddenemi@reddit

Sorry I’m new to driving, would you be able to explain this please? Is it because there are already so many cars in London?
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

Cars produce air pollution, noise pollution, take up far too much space, and cause massive danger. They're not appropriate in a busy city of 10 million people.
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OldLondon@reddit

I think that ship has sailed
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

What does that mean?
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OldLondon@reddit

It means the city is full of cars already.  Not disagreeing with your points but it’s like king Canute holding back the sea. 
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

We are constantly making progress. Expanding the congestion charge out to the north/south circular would have been a game changer.
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OldLondon@reddit

Don’t worry? You can drive into London it’s fine.  I mean like most busy cities if you can avoid it it’s better but no one’s going to hate you for it ( well apparently one person, everyone else is cool)
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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

But I don’t drive into London jeez
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

Brent Cross is in London.
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DimensionMajor7506@reddit

But they’re not driving *into* London if they’re already living in London
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ShowmasterQMTHH@reddit

You can also only park for 1 hour, then you need to leave, can't return for another hour. That's important.
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CalmdownpleaseII@reddit

Wait so if it’s a Sunday morning and he gets there at 9:00, he has to be out by 10? Regardless of the Mon - Fri rule above? What about if he pays? I’m sorta still confused…
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ShowmasterQMTHH@reddit

On Sunday he can park as long as he wants for free, the restrictions are only between the hours listed, Monday to Friday.
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CalmdownpleaseII@reddit

Thank you- I’ve encountered these signs before and they have been difficult to understand. 
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fCJ7pbpyTsMpvm@reddit

Is this definitely the case? I'm in NI but we have the following on our government page: > Where individual spaces are marked out, a vehicle may not return to the same specific space in which it was originally parked within the no-return period. > Where longer parking bays with no individually marked out spaces are provided (in other words, where two or more vehicles may park) a vehicle may not return to the same parking bay  https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/further-details-contravention-code-22 So if there's marked spaces you can just move to another one.
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Scooob-e-dooo8158@reddit

Where I agree with your interpretation, I disagree with your logic behind it. Commuters usually travel between 8ish and 9ish. By 10 am, the rush hour is long over.
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OldLondon@reddit

It’s to discourage people parking all day by making the permit part in the middle at the most awkward time, it’s pretty conmon
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Scooob-e-dooo8158@reddit

Yes, that makes perfect sense, looking at it that way. 👍
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dinobug77@reddit

You can disagree but you’d be wrong. It’s standard practice on residential roads near stations. The point being that you cannot park there all day as commuters do. It has nothing to do with when commuters turn up.
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TheNinjaPixie@reddit

Meaning that commuters would have to come back at lunchtime to move their car, which isn't feasible for many.
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Profession-Unable@reddit

I thought this too at first but another comment gave me the lightbulb moment. Commuters can’t park there at 8 because their car will still be there at the enforcement time. They’re commuting, the car will be there all day. Having the enforcement time only for a couple of hours means commuters can’t park there all day but locals aren’t really affected. 
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flohara@reddit

>only allowed to psrk there between 10 and 12 Monday to Friday - which is nonsensical Hypothetically would make sense for heavy foot traffic only areas that do business in the evening. I've lived in a tourist city, a no-drive zone, with the exception of ambulances and there is a time slot for deliveries. They had like 3 hours for cars, but only around off-peak times when the streets were quiet. After that, bollards up. If this is an area with nightlife, their staff would probably arrive at 10-12 to set up, so the time slot would make sense.
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blobyeeterson@reddit

What does No return within 1 hour mean here?
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Greatgrowler@reddit

You can park up at noon on Friday and stay until 10am Monday without paying.
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Daftpigeon@reddit

In England (unsure about the rest of the UK), we essentially have the right to park anywhere for free, unless we are restricted to do so in some form (double yellows, signage, motorways etc). So all signs you see are always restrictions on what your can do, they're never 'this is what you're allowed to do' as the default position is you can park anywhere.  So to break the sign down into its components you are restricted from parking there between 10am to midday on Mondays - Fridays. Then the conditions of that restriction are: - you are a permit holder - or you pay by phone And within that time restriction you are only allowed to park for one hour, and cannot return for another hour after leaving.  Every time outside of that you can do whatever you like for free.  Signs become much easier to read when you realise our rules say we can park wherever, unless restricted. 
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

It also makes you realise how ridiculously car-centric this country is. You're allowed to store your private property on public land, for free, with no permission, but only if it's got wheels. If I tried to put a greenhouse on a public road, it would be removed very quickly.
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celaconacr@reddit

It's about time we started doing something about it. Maybe we should start charging people so if they want to use the public land for their cars they have to pay. I know we could call it road tax \s Sorry I couldn't help myself. I agree we are very car centric but people are paying to use the public roads. You can't keep your car on the road unless it's taxed.
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

Road tax was abolished in 1937. You are probably thinking of vehicle excise duty, which is a tax on pollution. It doesn't pay for use of the roads.
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ace_master@reddit

Right. So why do I need to pay it for my EV come April?
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

>I thought we were zero-emission and not polluting at all? Who told you that?
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geeered@reddit

[https://imgur.com/a/MfIi2KB](https://imgur.com/a/MfIi2KB) If you google for 'pay road tax' it's the first result. It's a very indirect tax on pollution - that would have to be per-mile billing at least. You pay the same if you use your vehicle for 10 miles in a year or 100,000 miles in a year.
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celaconacr@reddit

Call it what you like it's the same thing, colloquially known as road tax. It isn't a tax on pollution but has been strongly tied to that for the last 20ish years. Electric cars are for example going to be taxed as of next year irrespective of their zero emissions along with the luxury car tax for cars over 40k irrespective of emissions. Even an un-drivable (no pollution) car can't be kept on the road without paying.
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Glittering-Sink9930@reddit

If you wanted to store a large greenhouse on public land, how much do you think it would cost?
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getyergun@reddit (OP)

very useful way of looking at it. Thank you!!
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georgejk7@reddit

This is actually a great way of looking at it.
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captaincinders@reddit

I parked at a doctor's surgery with a similar sign but for disabled parking within time limits. I came back to find a traffic warden giving me a ticket. He argued that outside the times posted, parking was not permitted at all by anyone. We argued until he phoned his supervisor to confirm he could give me a ticket. He listened to his supervisor and then left without saying another word.
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FireLadcouk@reddit

Yeah. Do what u want sat/sunday. Park all weekend
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Pedantichrist@reddit

Yes you can.
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UKPerson3823@reddit

Just FYI in case you care: Showing the location code on the sign gives people the exact street section you are on if they use a popular parking app that is used in most of London. Also, you can use that app to confirm that you can park there on Sunday. The same app will show that if you attempt to pay now, it will be charging you starting on Monday at 10:00am.
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getyergun@reddit (OP)

hey, thanks for the info. I did use an app and as you said, if only let me select a max of 1 hour but then it changes automatically to Monday. If didnt help me understand if on Sunday, i was allowed to park for free OR if I was allowed to park for free for a max of 1 hour
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Leehamful@reddit

Would this apply if say on a Monday you parked there at 9am?
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EffectiveChocolate77@reddit

Why are these type of signs like this? They're just not intuitive to me.....or maybe its just me?
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mattcannon2@reddit

Just you I think, this kind of sign is really common in towns and cities.
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EffectiveChocolate77@reddit

It isn't intuitive. Particularly awkward when circling city centres in busy traffic looking for a suitable space. Not easy to read without slowing the flow of traffic. However explanations by other posters have been very useful. 👍
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Stunning_Buyer_64@reddit

Yes fill your boots
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CaptainParkingspace@reddit

I'm guessing if you tried to pay in the RingGo app it would tell you it was free.
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scouse_git@reddit

No, it will probably confirm that you are allowed to park until 11.00 on Monday. You don't think they will turn down the opportunity to take money off you, do you?
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SomeHSomeE@reddit

Yes, you can park for as long as you like and without paying on a Sunday. Parking signs like this mean that the listed restrictions only apply inside the hours shown on the sign.  At all other times it is unrestricted (and free) parking.
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TumbleweedDeep4878@reddit

Some people's replies to this comment make me think they shouldn't drive
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Mrdingo_thames@reddit

What about Saturday?
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SomeHSomeE@reddit

Is Saturday between Monday and Friday
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TypicalPen798@reddit

It is between a Monday and a Friday does that count? 
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MintberryCrunch____@reddit

What? It’s not though.
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TypicalPen798@reddit

Of course there is. 
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WillBots@reddit

Of course it is. It's between last Monday and next Friday.
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lovestick2021@reddit

Yes. The sign states Mon-Fri only.
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X0AN@reddit

Youn can park anytime outside of 10-12 Monday to Friday without needing to buy a ticket. So all day Sunday is fine. This is solely in place to stop workers parking near train stations on weekdays and going to work.
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Silver-Machine-3092@reddit

The max 1 hour is enforced between 10:00 and 12:00 and is to prevent people buying a 2 hour ticket at 10:00 and circumventing the restriction.
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Zandercy42@reddit

There's a specific time a day range provided I don't understand what people are even debating?
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plasticface2@reddit

Can't park there mate 😕
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Strict_Working_2238@reddit

1 hour any day post noon, pre 10am
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parkylondon@reddit

RTFS
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NortonBurns@reddit

I wouldn't bet my life on it, but timed restrictions like that are likely to mean there is absolutely no enforcement at all outside of those times. It enables the local authority to reduce their patrol hours significantly. I live in an area with similar restrictions. Outside those times people just park wherever the F they like, double yellows, drop kerbs, who cares. I saw a supervisor taking round a new recruit a while back & asked him about it. He confirmed the area is only patrolled during those restricted hours, nothing at all outside them.
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one_pump_chimp@reddit

It's there to stop commuters parking all day. I'm guessing it's close to a station
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NortonBurns@reddit

It is, & yes, that's the theory. What it has actually done is make it far worse the rest of the time.
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No-Internal-581@reddit

No permit = no parking on Sunday Permit = max 1 hour parking Read the sign
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Deviant-Oreo@reddit

You need to read the sign buddy. The rules are only in affect Mon-Fri. Outside of that, it's free parking with no time limit.
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sk6895@reddit

Errrrr I think YOU need to read the sign!
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DameKumquat@reddit

That's only Mon-Fri, 10am-noon, though. Lots of places have similar restrictions to deter commuters but not be annoying to locals.
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SomeHSomeE@reddit

/r/confidentlyincorrect   
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Beartato4772@reddit

Same answer as every other day this exact question is asked.
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Bluffwatcher@reddit

This question is asked every other day? Shzz, how often do you hit refresh on reddit?
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