Meaning of double yellow line | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A pair of yellow lines painted at the side of a road to show that parking is not permitted at any time.
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2. A pair of yellow lines painted along the middle of a road to show that traffic should not cross into the oncoming lane

Examples

“The person who parked their car on the double yellow line may be a doctor who has been called urgently to the house of a critically ill patient ...”

“I'm sorry, you were parking on a double yellow line, you've got a ticket.”

“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.”

“When he reached the street Claber and the girl were crossing the road to a Mercedes coupé, parked on a double yellow line.”

“The photo on pages 22 and 23 of your February issue shows the driver of a Chevy Beretta topping a hill and rounding a curve on the wrong side of a double yellow line.”

“Police officer: Well, for one thing, you went over a double yellow line back there to pass a car.”

“Hutchison observed the Buick cross the double yellow line to pass a car at the bottom of a dip.”

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