Lay-bys with/without ‘P’ plates
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There's one on the A19 northbound coming out of Tyne and Wear towards Northumberland which oddly gets its own brown signs one a mile out and another at its entrance.
The "i" is little more than a map (picked up in the October 2020 streetview). I think, looking at the OS Map, we must be just into Northumberland and so presumably the map and the brown signs are intended for tourists planning to take the coastal route up through Northumberland, but the brown sign seems to oversell the attractiveness of what's coming!
The "i" is little more than a map (picked up in the October 2020 streetview). I think, looking at the OS Map, we must be just into Northumberland and so presumably the map and the brown signs are intended for tourists planning to take the coastal route up through Northumberland, but the brown sign seems to oversell the attractiveness of what's coming!
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Wicktionary has this
hereEtymology 2
From Middle English leche, for example Sandy's Letch located east of Annitsford in Northumberland.
Noun
letch (plural letches)
A stream or pool in boggy land.
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Thanks, I never knew they went that far north onto the Black Isle, I only noticed them to Inverness last year.SteelCamel wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 18:22No, the numbers continue to Tore Roundabout. Pretty sure the last one is layby 194. They start at layby 1 just north of Inveralmond roundabout. There are no numbers on the rest of the A9.A303Chris wrote: ↑Mon Jul 04, 2022 13:53 I know this is not the facebook page, but I will now mention the A9.
Plenty of parking laybys between Perth and Inverness, which are signed in advance
Then each layby is numbered when you get there.
I think this is the last one just south of Inverness, layby 168.
I presume they are number as there are no marker posts along the A9, and the number laybys assisted emergency services and recovery vehicles. Given the distance better to say layby 98 instead of somewhere between Perth and Inverness.
As you say, this stretch of A9 is rather lacking in landmarks, especially as it bypasses most towns and villages so even the junction signs are ambiguous.
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Tore would be where the 1970s/80s upgrade ends?
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That upgrade included the Cromarty Bridge, so further north than Tore.
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What a peculiar turn of phrase - "Slow moving vehicles draw in..."
Since when do we "draw in" to let faster traffic pass? "Pull over" would have been a lot clearer.
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Re: Lay-by’s with/without ‘P’ plates
RileyRob has already pointed out that I was mistaken, the numbers continue over the Cromarty Firth Bridge. But the upgraded A9 continues over the Dornoch Firth Bridge and up to the A949 Dornoch turn - and there are definitely no signed numbers between Ardullie and Dornoch.Ruperts Trooper wrote: ↑Wed Jul 06, 2022 09:02That upgrade included the Cromarty Bridge, so further north than Tore.
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I think the standard required is that the landowner has planning permission to provide a parking place there for the benefit of the public, whether charged or not. Obvious exceptions being old roads simply being reappropriated by the highway authority as parking places with or without planning permission.
The relatively (in my experience) few which don't have P plates don't forbid parking, but nor does their existence mean that the landowner (even if the local council) permits it.
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Another inconsistency is that some older tarmaced laybys do not have the dotted boundary line or whatever it is called. Does that mean they are not an official layby? What is the legal definition of a layby?
Also, drivers will create their own layby where they want one. On the Blandford bypass, there are home made laybys after each rbt. It opened in 1985, with no layby provision at all. After (mostly) lorry drivers took things into their own hands, DCC built 2, one each side of the Wimborne road. The home made ones are still popular though.
The McD on the Dorchester bypass has cramped parking for cars and much verge parking nearby for the many who can't get in. Lorry drivers use a home made layby on the A35 and walk back along the verge to McD. The council intends to block the verges, instead of catering for the clear demand. They should enlarge the A35 layby and provide a path to McD, instead of being obstructive and bureaucratic. I would have thought restricting trade at McD would be illegal.
Also, drivers will create their own layby where they want one. On the Blandford bypass, there are home made laybys after each rbt. It opened in 1985, with no layby provision at all. After (mostly) lorry drivers took things into their own hands, DCC built 2, one each side of the Wimborne road. The home made ones are still popular though.
The McD on the Dorchester bypass has cramped parking for cars and much verge parking nearby for the many who can't get in. Lorry drivers use a home made layby on the A35 and walk back along the verge to McD. The council intends to block the verges, instead of catering for the clear demand. They should enlarge the A35 layby and provide a path to McD, instead of being obstructive and bureaucratic. I would have thought restricting trade at McD would be illegal.
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To me that's not restricting trade at a private business, the business is free to trade and serve as many people as wish to turn up.SteveA30 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 07:20The McD on the Dorchester bypass has cramped parking for cars and much verge parking nearby for the many who can't get in. Lorry drivers use a home made layby on the A35 and walk back along the verge to McD. The council intends to block the verges, instead of catering for the clear demand. They should enlarge the A35 layby and provide a path to McD, instead of being obstructive and bureaucratic. I would have thought restricting trade at McD would be illegal.
If there's not enough parking at McDonald's for everyone who wants to eat there, it's not the job of the taxpayer to spend money paving extra parking spaces on the public highway in a rural location just to benefit them... and I don't think a company with an annual turnover of $23bn should need that sort of subsidy from the public sector anyway!
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Re: Lay-by’s with/without ‘P’ plates
Unsurprisingly there's not much consistency.
Here's a layby on Sheffield Parkway with a nice clear P.
Nearby here's one without.
Here's a layby on Sheffield Parkway with a nice clear P.
Nearby here's one without.
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The difference I think is that the first is a purpose built layby, while the second is a leftover bit of tarmac. The bridge is three lanes for future-proofing, and it's been tarmacced the full width as presumably it wasn't designed to carry a grass verge. There's no reason not to allow you to stop on it, so it's got the dotted line to permit this. It doesn't have tapered ends, and is a bit short for a layby on a fast road, so they've not put up a "P" - and in fact have put up a "Parking 1/2 mile" sign - to encourage you to continue to the "proper" layby up the road.the cheesecake man wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 13:31 Unsurprisingly there's not much consistency.
Here's a layby on Sheffield Parkway with a nice clear P.
Nearby here's one without.
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But, they won't be free to serve as many people as wish to turn up, if the council obstruct the verges. I'm sure rich McD would pay for extra bays, if planning allows it. It is a planning issue really. The building used to be a transport cafe called the Monkeys Jump. The planning permission for McD is only for light vehicles, as it must be for all McD's but drivers of larger vehicles want to go there and because the car park is too small and has a cramped layout, they have to park on the verges of the u/c road to Martinstown. It is a mess but, if they want to go there they should be allowed to, not from a legal perspective but, from a choice perspective. There are no other McD's on the A35 or A37, away from Poole.
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I discovered this one last week. It looks like an unmarked bus stop.
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I’ve seen a number of those where they allow postal vans to clear the road when emptying adjacent post boxes.
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The one on the other side of the road has a shelter, so almost certainly is a bus stop. But there is no signage to suggest you can't park in either.
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I would agree with the point that was made, that if McDonalds want to cater for additional customers, then it's up to McDonalds to provide parking. There's nothing to prevent them securing a more appropriate site where they can build a decent parking area, and it's a problem that should have been blindingly obvious when they purchased that site in the first place.SteveA30 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 21:28 But, they won't be free to serve as many people as wish to turn up, if the council obstruct the verges. I'm sure rich McD would pay for extra bays, if planning allows it. It is a planning issue really. The building used to be a transport cafe called the Monkeys Jump. The planning permission for McD is only for light vehicles, as it must be for all McD's but drivers of larger vehicles want to go there and because the car park is too small and has a cramped layout, they have to park on the verges of the u/c road to Martinstown. It is a mess but, if they want to go there they should be allowed to, not from a legal perspective but, from a choice perspective. There are no other McD's on the A35 or A37, away from Poole.
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One complaint of lorry drivers during the driver shortage last year was that councils etc are continually restricting where they can park when they need to stop for meal and toilet breaks. You typical council will block the verges first and deal with the planning to extend the car park later, when it should be the other way around.SteveA30 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 21:28 But, they won't be free to serve as many people as wish to turn up, if the council obstruct the verges. I'm sure rich McD would pay for extra bays, if planning allows it. It is a planning issue really. The building used to be a transport cafe called the Monkeys Jump. The planning permission for McD is only for light vehicles, as it must be for all McD's but drivers of larger vehicles want to go there and because the car park is too small and has a cramped layout, they have to park on the verges of the u/c road to Martinstown. It is a mess but, if they want to go there they should be allowed to, not from a legal perspective but, from a choice perspective. There are no other McD's on the A35 or A37, away from Poole.
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It seems clear that many industrial/distribution estates need dedicated HGV parking rather than rely on local roads - I frequently drive through the Hams Hall Industrial Park and the roads are packed with 40' HGVs either resting up between daily drives or waiting for their unloading slot - of course, if such parking was provided there would be need for food/drink which would then drag car drivers in, causing congestion!bothar wrote: ↑Tue Jul 12, 2022 12:10One complaint of lorry drivers during the driver shortage last year was that councils etc are continually restricting where they can park when they need to stop for meal and toilet breaks. You typical council will block the verges first and deal with the planning to extend the car park later, when it should be the other way around.SteveA30 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 21:28 But, they won't be free to serve as many people as wish to turn up, if the council obstruct the verges. I'm sure rich McD would pay for extra bays, if planning allows it. It is a planning issue really. The building used to be a transport cafe called the Monkeys Jump. The planning permission for McD is only for light vehicles, as it must be for all McD's but drivers of larger vehicles want to go there and because the car park is too small and has a cramped layout, they have to park on the verges of the u/c road to Martinstown. It is a mess but, if they want to go there they should be allowed to, not from a legal perspective but, from a choice perspective. There are no other McD's on the A35 or A37, away from Poole.
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