double yellow line

double yellow line
a) A pair of yellow lines painted at the side of a road to show that parking is not permitted at any time.

1995 Nina Fletcher, Janet Holt, "Ethics, law, and nursing"

b) A pair of yellow lines painted along the middle of a road to show that traffic should not cross into the oncoming lane

,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 ...


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