Why does it matter if people park on zig zag markings, yellow lines, corners or pavements?

It matters, because it makes the road more crowded and makes it harder for pedestrians to see cars, and cars to see pedestrians.

These are also Road Traffic Offences.


The Scotsman - 14 March 2012 - 

Pupil’s leg broken in hit and run near school

www.scotsman.com/news/pupil-s-leg-broken-in-hit-and-run-near-school-1-2172014



Extract:

“The 13-year-old, who is a second year pupil at Stewart’s Melville College, was crossing Queensferry Terrace when he was hit by a blue car. The driver drove off northwards towards Queensferry Road...

...Thank God it wasn’t worse. What happened is bad enough but this is a wake-up call. We are talking about lives here.”

Fifth year pupil at the school, Kieran Kerslake, 16, said: “Last week another boy nearly got hit by a car. There is a need for a crossing because of the congestion and the amount of pupils crossing the road.

“I saw the boy lying on the road after the accident, I was a bit shocked.”

Lesley Easton, 41, who lives in nearby Ravelston and whose two daughters are pupils at Mary Erskine and Stewart Melville Junior School, said: “It was absolutely inevitable with people parking on corners, on zig-zag lines and double yellow lines. It was an accident waiting to happen...”